CI acquires Thompson for 62 million

brianetz1
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http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-cigars-international-deal-20180201-story.html

"The corporate owner of Bethlehem’s Cigar International has acquired a Tampa, Fla., cigar company.

Scandinavian Tobacco Group said in a news release Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Thompson and Co. for $62 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of March.

Niels Frederiksen, CEO of Scandinavian Tobacco, which is headquartered in Denmark, said the acquisition strengthens Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s position in the online retail channel in the U.S."


Wow

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  • LoneSmoker
    LoneSmoker Posts: 286 ✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    That means that their combined inventory will now be bigger than @Bigshizza has.

    So is that alot?
    LoneSmoker

    With just a single cigar, we can escape from the cares of the world. - Richard Carleton Hacker
  • Markwell
    Markwell Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Two crappy companies merging into one...awesome
    “Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
  • miller65rod
    miller65rod Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great. Now I will get 30 magazines a month instead of 15
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  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They gonna rename CI to something else, like Cigars Limited International & Thompson?

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • jw517
    jw517 Posts: 234 ✭✭✭
    Hey! Thompson got me started with cigars. Before the Internet! That was when you called on the telephone to order or mailed a letter with a check!  It took longer sometimes,"but that's how it was and we LIKED it"!
  • TruDog
    TruDog Posts: 8,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...WHO'AZ L:ill DoGGie....  Hate Yo AVI.  
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jw517 said:
    Hey! Thompson got me started with cigars. Before the Internet! That was when you called on the telephone to order or mailed a letter with a check!  It took longer sometimes,"but that's how it was and we LIKED it"!
    Filled out the form, sent the check or money order and waited. And waited.
    Then the box showed up in the mail. 
    You opened the box and it was glorious, cause you could get cigars you couldn't normally get from the newsstand. 
    Thompson had mail in cards in all the magazines. You mailed in the prepaid postage card and you started getting the catalogs.

    Wow, we're freaking old. LOL!
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • TruDog
    TruDog Posts: 8,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yo Op, have NEVER had a problem with Thompson.   Not my first choice.
  • Markwell
    Markwell Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    They gonna rename CI to something else, like Cigars Limited International & Thompson?

    Dare I speculate...Thompson International? God help us I might just have to make a trip to Hamburg when they reband the cigars...err I mean remodel the store.
    “Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
  • jw517
    jw517 Posts: 234 ✭✭✭
    I'm old but,,"THATS HOW IT WAS AND WE LIKED IT"!
  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    That means that their combined inventory will now be bigger than @Bigshizza has.

    I want an official count. 


    I read this a few days ago. Maybe Thompson will get better, I just won’t find out firsthand. 
  • Sleddog46
    Sleddog46 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    That means that their combined inventory will now be bigger than @Bigshizza has.

    I thought @Bigshizza is Cigar International!!!!    LOL
    You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sleddog46 said:
    peter4jc said:
    That means that their combined inventory will now be bigger than @Bigshizza has.

    I thought @Bigshizza is Cigar International!!!!    LOL

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still pissed over CI jerking me over a $16 charge for cigars that unraveled so bad I couldn't smoke them.  Neither the rep or her supervisor would do anything.  That was over seven years ago and I never bought from them again.  CI and Thompson should be a good match.
  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YankeeMan said:
    I'm still pissed over CI jerking me over a $16 charge for cigars that unraveled so bad I couldn't smoke them.  Neither the rep or her supervisor would do anything.  That was over seven years ago and I never bought from them again.  CI and Thompson should be a good match.

    I thought you liked Gurkhas!

    Just kidding...;)
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  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually, they were Oliva, that's why I was so mad.  I would have lived with it if they were Gurkhas.  ;-)

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