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Article: Art & Hobby.(selling pipes and pipe tobacco at tobacconists)
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- Tobacco Retailer
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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Pipe smoking sales reflect lifestyle trend
CTS retailers take note -- the pipe-tobacco sales category is alive and well. Most CTS customers are predictable in their purchases and the pipe-tobacco category can be a steady and enduring contributor to overall store sales revenue.
In fact, pipe tobacco is perhaps one of the most established categories in the Other Tobacco Products (OTP) category, said David Price, director of marketing of cigars and pipes for Swedish Match North America, Richmond, Va.
"This is perhaps one of the most stable categories in OTP," said Price. "Unlike the other segments, it's not as prone to short-term trends. Pipe ...