China & Zigarren
Unter «Shanghai fair celebrates China’s taste for luxury» schreibt Scotsman.com über einen der wohl wichtigsten Absatzmärkte in nicht mehr allzu ferner Zukunft. Ein kleiner Auszug:
We began as a little club of cigar smokers five or six years ago,» said Edward Jin, vice general manager of Cigar Ambassador, a Chinese company which imports cigars from Cuba and the Dominican Republic. It charges between 30 and 300 yuan (2 pounds-20 pounds) a smoke.Weitere Berichte über China & Zigarren finden sich hier.
«In most places, people smoke cigars from their late 40s into their 60s, but here the average age is 35 to 50. Cigars stand for money here and they attract the nouveau riche,» said Jin.
The company had 2005 sales of $30 million (16 million pounds), and Jin expects a rise of 20 percent in the immediate future. What surprises him, however, is the parts of China which are fuelling growth.
