Latest Imperial Tobacco Stories
LONDON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Commenting on "a tough set of results in a tough operating environment," Imperial Tobacco CEO Alison Cooper emphasises that the focus on the key strategic brands and a total tobacco portfolio continues to be the correct strategy. In a video interview she outlines how Imperial Tobacco is dealing with the challenge presented by current trading conditions in Russia and the US and summarises the brighter performance across the rest of the world...
LONDON, October 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a video interview with financial broadcaster http://www.cantos.com, Imperial Tobacco Chief Executive Alison Cooper discusses the company's full-year results, revealing that revenues grew by 4% for the year. She highlights the strength of performance from the four key strategic brands - Davidoff, Gauloises, JPS and West - with revenues up 13% on the back of 7% volume growth. While she acknowledges the EU market is 'tough', the...
LONDON, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a video interview with financial broadcaster http://www.cantos.com, Imperial Tobacco Chief Executive Alison Cooper discusses the company's half-year results, revealing an improved second quarter performance. Volumes increased across the key strategic brands - Davidoff, Gauloises, West and JPS - leading to a solid financial performance for the period. Cooper outlines the strategy to drive sales, focused on the work being done in...
LONDON, November 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a video interview with financial broadcaster http://www.cantos.com, Imperial Tobacco Chief Executive Alison Cooper discusses the key elements of the company's full-year 2011 results and reveals that earnings grew 5% during the period with a dividend increase of 13%. She highlights the unique total tobacco portfolio as a key differentiator for the company. "We're not just a cigarette company, we're in all the tobacco...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Brands, Inc. has announced that it will be integrating its sales and marketing operations with its Florida-based sister company, Altadis USA. This will allow the companies to provide their customers with greater sales coverage and more comprehensive services. The combined portfolio will incorporate cigarettes, fine cut tobacco, mass market cigars, pipe, papers and tubes. The premium cigar division of Altadis USA will remain as a...
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of its smokers and customers, Commonwealth Brands urges West Virginia to reconsider any proposal to increase the excise tax on tobacco products. On February 1, 2011 Delegate Don Perdue introduced a Bill that would increase the tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack. Commonwealth Brands, the manufacturer of USA Gold and Sonoma cigarettes, strongly opposes the Bill stating that an increase will promote the growth of cigarette counterfeiting...
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- After a search lasting over a year, Commonwealth Brands, Inc., the country's fourth largest tobacco manufacturer will be relocating its corporate office to Goodlettsville in Spring 2011. The Company has been based in Bowling Green, KY since it was formed in 1991, however, its ever growing employee base has resulted in it outgrowing its current premises. "After an exhaustive search, which included Bowling Green and other parts of...
LONDON, November 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imperial Tobacco today releases 2010 full year results announcing an 11% increase in earnings growth combined with a 15% rise in dividend. In a video interview commenting on her first set of preliminary numbers since taking the helm Alison Cooper, Chief Executive, underlines her commitment to deliver a sales-focused strategy while maintaining a strong cost discipline. Despite some softness in volumes, revenues grew demonstrating...
LONDON, April 27, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imperial Tobacco today announces strong half year results against a challenging market backdrop. In a video interview with online financial broadcaster http://www.cantos.com, Chief Executive Gareth Davis states, "it's been a very good first half which demonstrates the resilience of our business and the success of our enhanced focus on sales". Davis hands over the reins of the leading international tobacco company to Chief Operating...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Brands, Inc., the nation's fourth largest tobacco manufacturer is in disbelief over the FDA's publication of the 1996 rules in the Federal Register. On March 18, 2010, the FDA published the reissued 1996 rules in the Federal Register. These rules seek to clarify and enforce marketing, advertising and promotion restrictions of tobacco products. In an interview, Anthony Hemsley, Vice President of Corporate and Government Affairs,...
