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Andrew Romeo Making Secret US Visit!
SnusCIA Update; St. Petersburg, Russia December 15th 2009….Opereration AlchoPop……URGENT…..Confirmed but Confused Data It seems like just last week that Tobacco and CPG Insider Andrew Romeo left the United States for
The (other) Great White North
Starting next week, I will be posting from my old ‘stomping ground’ of Russia. Specifically, I have accepted a consultancy appointment with a drinks company in St. Petersburg, and will
No News is Good News
Swedish Match AB is in PR Emergency Mode today, Monday, October 26th. Why? An American researcher from Harvard, Greg Connolly, read a snus ingredient label in 2008, and found a
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS – A Look Inside Taboca AS
Rumors, articles and independently confirmed facts underline the reality that Taboca AS, based in Oslo, Norway, and with production in Sweden on Gotland, has gone through a management overhaul. I
THE SLEEPING GIANT. IMPERIAL TOBACCO
Swedish snus consumers in the United States are educated consumers. They have to be. They are bombarded with locally available products called “snus” which are geared toward current smokers with
The New York Times Takes on Camel SNUS (and I was there)
Today, Andrew Adam Newman, an Advertising/Marketing columnist for the New York Times, published an article, A Different Camel is Back in the Glossies . What is remarkable is that the
Have Cigarette Brands Failed as Snus Brands?
The tobacco industry is one of having one’s ducks in a row while jumping through hoops. The one constant, as it is in any mega-corporate environment, is that a bad
Andrew Romeo
Andrew Romeo has been in the Tobacco & CPG business in the global market for over 15 years. In May, he agreed to begin writing a guest column for Snus
Philip Morris Says Snus will not Help Smokers Quit
Here is a great example of how Big Tobacco loves the Press. Though this one was a bit obvious, keen observers should begin watching for more articles like this. It’s
THE GHOST OF “OLD JOE CAMEL”
Just what happened to Joe Camel? Joe Camel celebrates the brand’s 75th anniversary. The anti-tobacco book-burners have made it difficult to get accurate information on exactly when he was created.
The Big Sleep: Sweden in July
This article is not about tobacco. It is not about regulation, Big Pharma, flavors, or Internet trafficking of legal tobacco products. It’s about Sweden. In July. Today, the 19th of
I’m in Sweden…Where’s my snus?!
I always track the consumer and expert reviews of all the new types of snus which hit the market both here on SnusCENTRAL, and on other snus related forums inhabited
Market Research: What’s Real?
I was just reading an article in the NY Times from this past week, that HULU, a fairly new video-streaming company with high-falutin’ investors like ABC/Disney, can’t decide if they
Andrew Romeo Joins SnusCENTRAL.org
Plano, Texas, May 14, 2009 – SnusCENTRAL.org, the leading Snus informational website on the internet announced this week that tobacco and CPG industry veteran Andrew Romeo had agreed to write
SELLING SNUS IN SCANDINAVIA: A PRIMER
It’s difficult being in Big Tobacco and running its snus business in Nordic Europe. It’s even more difficult if you are in Small Tobacco, and don’t have a cigarette business
A Different Look at Swedish CAMEL Snus
This was not intended to be my first article, but as someone who ran Gallaher Sweden for two years (2005-06), I can offer up some perspective on Swedish CAMEL Snus,
Coming REALLY Soon to SnusCENTRAL.org
I’m pleased to announce the imminent arrival at the SnusCENTRAL Command Complex of Andrew Romeo. You can read a little about why I am so excited about his arrival above