John Dunne, director of the UK Vaping Industry Association, tells Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski how he has spent the last year fighting against the scare stories which have surrounded vaping “We monitor consumer perspectives on vaping and have...
Imperial Brands has appointed a new CEO, Stefan Bomhard, at what it describes as a “significant point in [its] development”. Bomhard arrives from UK car dealership firm Inchcape having also held senior roles at Cadbury, Burger...
In less than five months’ time, independent retailers will be faced with the latest round of tobacco regulation to hit the industry. What does the ban mean for you? How are independent retailers preparing? Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski...
At our first Vape Business Conference last summer Nick Geens of Japan Tobacco International (JTI), whose UK headquarters are in leafy Weybridge, presented a memorable keynote address that mapped out the extent of the smoking territory...
Another week and more questionable reporting of the health effects of e-cigarettes: this time (or, once again?) from the Daily Mail. The newspaper posted a story earlier today (07/01/2019) with this rather disturbing headline: Vapers who...
If your store hasn't yet taken advantage of the vaping opportunity then it isn't too late. In fact there are four big dates for the diary in 2020, making now the perfect time to embrace the...
In the first installment of his new regular column for Vape Business, Amrit Singh Pahal explains why every retailer needs to be preparing for the ban on menthol cigarettes in May. In my view the menthol...
Ahead of its launch, the Vape Business team spoke to stores across the UK to find out how businesses of every type are benefiting from the opportunity vaping presents. Here, five top retailers give their advice...
David Waterfield, BAT EMEA Managing Director, outlines his vision of the future of vaping to Andy Marino Vape Business has travelled across London to interview David Waterfield, the new Managing Director of British American Tobacco (BAT)...
The UK vaping market is worth £1.4bn (Ecigintelligence) and there are now 3.6m vapers in the UK, an increase of 12.5% on last year (Public Health England), a figure that is expected to continue to rise;...
In the 12 months to June the vaping category generated value sales of £81m in the Convenience channel, representing growth of 15.7 per cent year on year, with 3.6m people in the UK now vaping, a...
On a beautiful summer evening last week, the inaugural Vape Business Awards were hosted by Asian Media Group at an elegant and welcoming central London hotel, the Millennium Gloucester adjacent to London’s bustling “Museum Mile” around...
The panel discussion titled ‘Mystery – What Does The Future of Vaping Look Like?’ at the first Vape Business Conference held on July 3, 2019 in London tried to look into the future and see what...
The panel discussion titled ‘Margins – The Retailer’s “Worm’s Eye” Ground-level View’ at the first Vape Business Conference held on July 3, 2019 in London presented the worm’s-eye view of the sector, direct from the shop...
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