Tobacco Retail Industry

Tobacco Retail Company List

800-JR Cigar, Inc.
800-JR Cigar would like to give that man (or woman) a cigar. The company that began as a small Manhattan cigar shop is now a leading distributor and retailer of premium cigars. Its retail operations...more
Brookshire Brothers, Ltd.
From its roots in East Texas, Brookshire Brothers operates more than 100 supermarkets and convenience stores from Louisiana to Central Texas. The regional grocery company primarily operates under...more
Cruise Line Holdings Co.
Turn to Cruise Line Holdings for your onboard booty. The company, which does business as Miami Cruiseline Services and Starboard Cruise Services, is part of the Selective Retailing segment of...more
CVS Caremark Corporation
CVS Caremark (formerly CVS) interprets the scrawl of more US doctors than anyone. The CVS pharmacy chain fills more prescriptions at more drugstores than any other drugstore operator. With about...more
Duane Reade Inc.
Duane Reade is the Big Apple of drugstores. Named after the two streets where its first store was located, the company is the market leader in densely-populated Manhattan. In all, the firm operates...more
Fred's, Inc.
Those whose greenbacks feature George and Abe rather than Andrew and Ulysses may very well shop at Fred's. Generally serving customers with modest incomes, Fred's operates about 640 discount stores...more
Ho-Chunk, Inc.
Ho-Chunk, Inc. (HCI) the economic development corporation run by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, manages about 18 subsidiaries in the fields of communications, construction, distribution,...more
Houchens Industries, Inc.
Houchens Industries is a supermarket of businesses as well as an operator of supermarkets. The diversified company runs about 170 grocery stores under the Houchens, Food Giant, IGA, Piggly...more
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
The UK's #1 cigarette maker, Imperial Tobacco Group has traded up to an even bigger throne. Its acquisition of Spain's Altadis in 2008 added the Montecristo and Ducados...more
Rite Aid Corporation
Rite Aid may have found the right aid for its ills: growth. The nation's #3 drugstore chain (behind CVS and Walgreen), the company runs...more
Grupo Sanborns, S.A. de C.V.
This company helps feed hungry consumers in a variety of different ways. Grupo Sanborns is a leading retailer in Mexico best known for its chain of 150 Sanborns department stores. The shops, which...more
SandpiperCI Ltd.
SandpiperCI (formerly C.I. Traders) was formed by the 2002 merger of two of the Channel Islands' largest companies: Le Riche Group and Ann Street Group. The company is active on the islands of...more
Smokin Joes
Nervous newlyweds headed to Niagara Falls can take a pit stop down the road at Smokin Joes. The retail outlet on the Tuscarora Indian Nation in New York started off as a place to buy low-priced...more
Southern States Cooperative, Incorporated
Founded to provide affordable, high-quality seed for Virginia farmers, Southern States Cooperative has grown into an agricultural powerhouse, serving its approximately 300,000 members, mainly in the...more
ST Dupont S.A.
Think a millionaire buys pens and lighters at the drugstore? Think again. S.T. Dupont is one of the world's top makers of luxury lighters and high-end pens (some are made with precious metals and...more
Stefanel S.p.A.
Stefanel makes the clothes that make the man. Or the woman. The company makes knitwear and casual clothes under the Stefanel and Hallhuber brands. In 2007 the company launched the upscale casual...more
Synergy Brands, Inc.
Wholesale distributor Synergy Brands brings Tide, Nyquil, and Pantene together. The company distributes branded consumer products such as grocery items and health and beauty aids through its PHS...more
Uni-Marts, LLC
Uni-Marts presents a united front against empty gas tanks, nicotine cravings, and hunger pangs. The company runs about 285 Uni-Mart convenience stores in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio. The...more
Walgreen Co.
Walgreen offers an old-fashioned tonic for fiscal fitness: quality over quantity and homespun growth rather than growth through acquisitions. It works. Walgreen operates 6,850-plus stores in 50...more
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores is an irresistible (or at least unavoidable) retail force that has yet to meet any immovable objects. Bigger than Europe's Carrefour,...more

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