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Famous Smoke Shop is one of the largest cigar mail order businesses in the United States.〔(SIC 2121 Cigars - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History ) Published by Reference For Business. Accessed November 5, 2009.〕〔"Famous Smoke Shop". (Fall, 2005) ''Hunt Club Digest'', p 106〕〔(NEW NO. 1 IN RETAILER RANKINGS ) Published by Cigar Cyclopedia September 8, 2009. 〕 The company was formed in October, 1939 in Midtown Manhattan as a cigar and gift shop. In 2000, increasing rents and taxes〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 forced the company to move its operations to Easton, Pennsylvania,〔Ford, William J. "TOBACCO FIRM OPTS FOR FORKS". (Dec 20, 1999) ''Morning Call - Allentown, Pa.'', p B3〕 a state that currently imposes no cigar tax.〔(Pennsylvania Escapes Cigar Tax ) Published by Cigar Aficionado October 9, 2003. 〕 Famous Smoke Shop is engaged primarily in the retail and wholesale of cigars, humidors, and cigar accessories through mail order catalogs, a brick and mortar retail shop, and several websites.〔(Operations and Management: Famous Smoke Shop ) Published by MultiChannel Merchant Jan 1, 2003.〕 ==Incorporation and growth== David and Rose Zaretsky incorporated Famous Smoke Shop in New York City in October 1939. In 1970, their son Arthur Zaretsky began working for the company. He assumed sole ownership in 1984.〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 Famous Smoke Shop has maintained a brick and mortar retail shop since its incorporation. The original shop was located at 1433 Broadway in New York City. The 350 sq. ft. store primarily sold imported and domestic cigars, as well as magazines and other sundries. In 1975, the company moved to a 550 sq. ft. location at 1450 Broadway. In 1986, unable to absorb increasing Midtown rents, the company moved its cigar store to a 1550 sq. ft. location at 55 W. 39th Street. Its current retail shop is located in the north end of its 24,000 sq. ft. Easton headquarters.〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 In 1970, Famous Smoke Shop published its first mail order cigar catalog. The catalog consisted of a typewritten pricelist of available cigar brands.〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 The catalog is currently produced in-house by a staff of copywriters and graphic artists, and mailed monthly.〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 Between the years of 1992 and 1998, the cigar industry experienced an unprecedented boom. Cigar sales increased by as much as 36% in the first quarter of 1996.〔(The Cigar Boom: What It Was (and Is) ) Published by The Free Library May 19, 2009. 〕 Increased sales during this period provided the company enough capital to upgrade its telephone〔(Lines of Fire ) Published by Inc June 15, 1998. 〕 and computer systems.〔(Famous Smoke Shop Selects JunctionRBI to Manage its Multi-Channel Retail Business ) Published by The Free Library. 〕 During this period, the company also diversified its marketing efforts, expanding its catalog and developing a web presence.〔(Famous Smoke Shop: The Backstory ) Published by CigarAdvisor February 14, 2007. 〕 Famous-Smoke.com was first published in 1997. The company now markets cigars through several web properties. In 2004, the company published an online auction website, (CigarAuctioneer.com ), which sells humidors, lighters, cigar cutters and cases to the highest bidder(s).〔(Famous Rolls Dice With Retail Auction Site ) Published by Smokeshop Magazine August, 2004. 〕 In December, 2006 it published (CigarMonster.com ), a one deal a day website.〔(Cigar News ) Published by About.com December 11, 2006. 〕 It also operates (CigarDomain.com ), a cigar wholesale website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Famous Smoke Shop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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