{"id":19632,"date":"2018-06-11T13:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=19632"},"modified":"2018-06-11T13:28:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:28:25","slug":"davidoff-cigars-honors-its-appointed-merchants-with-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/davidoff-cigars-honors-its-appointed-merchants-with-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Davidoff Cigars Honors Its Appointed Merchants With Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Davidoff will host a White Party to celebrate its 50 years of pioneering and innovative cigar making, together with announcing and celebrating the Seventh Annual Golden Band Award Winners at an exclusive event on July 15th at Davidoff of Geneva, Las Vegas Cigar Bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Davidoff Golden Band Awards provide us with an opportunity to recognize our Appointed Merchant network and, in particular, those Appointed Merchants who have really taken their business with Davidoff to the next level. The success of Davidoff has been made possible through decades of close and longstanding partnerships with trusted merchants. Davidoff has a strong track record of cooperation with its family of retailers to help them grow their businesses, align on best practices and contribute towards the increased growth of the Davidoff brand,\u201d says Jim Young, Chief Commercial Officer, Oettinger Davidoff AG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Golden Band Awards provides us the opportunity to say thank you to our Davidoff Appointed Merchants not only for their partnership, but also their support, enthusiasm and commitment to high standards,\u201d emphasizes Richard Krutick, Vice President of Marketing and Retail, Davidoff of Geneva&nbsp;USA.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Band Awards will honor Appointed Merchants across six categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Performance \u2013 Single Location<\/strong><br \/>\nHemingway Cigars, Palo Alto, CA<br \/>\nMaxamar Ultimate Cigars, Orange, CA<br \/>\nOwl Shop, New Haven, CT<br \/>\nRegency Cigar Emporium, East Greenwich, RI<br \/>\nTobacconist of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Performance \u2013 Multiple Locations<\/strong><br \/>\nAmbassador Fine Cigars, Phoenix, AZ<br \/>\nAnthony\u2019s Cigar Emporium, Tucson, AZ<br \/>\nBlend Bar Cigar, Indianapolis, IN<br \/>\nCorona Cigar Company, Orlando, FL<br \/>\nCurtis Draper Fine Tobacconist, Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Davidoff Growth \u2013 Single Location<\/strong><br \/>\nCigar Room, Fort Lee, NJ<br \/>\nFranklin Cigar, Franklin, TN<br \/>\nTobacco Grove, Maple Grove, MN<br \/>\nUp Down Cigar, Chicago, IL<br \/>\nSmoky\u2019s Fine Cigars, Broomfield Hills, MI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Davidoff Growth \u2013 Multiple Locations<\/strong><br \/>\nAnthony\u2019s Cigar Emporium, Tucson, AZ<br \/>\nClub Cubano Cigars, Countryside, IL<br \/>\nDiebel\u2019s Sportmens Gallery, Kansas City, MO<br \/>\nHumidor of Westmont, Westmont, IL<br \/>\nSmoke Inn, Boynton Beach, FL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Davidoff \u2013 Best Merchandising<\/strong><br \/>\nAmbassador Fine Cigars, Phoenix, AZ<br \/>\nClub Humidor, San Antonio, TX<br \/>\nFranklin Cigar, Franklin, TN<br \/>\nHemingway Cigars, Palo Alto, CA<br \/>\nThe Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NJ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Davidoff Growth \u2013 AM of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nBlend Bar Cigar, Indianapolis, IN<br \/>\nCigar Room, Fort Lee, NJ<br \/>\nCigar Time, Cerritos, CA<br \/>\nCorona Cigar Company, Orlando, FL<br \/>\nTobacco Grove, Maple Grove, MN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Davidoff will host a White Party to celebrate its 50 years of pioneering and innovative cigar making, together with announcing and celebrating the Seventh Annual Golden Band Award Winners at an exclusive event on July 15th at Davidoff of Geneva, Las Vegas Cigar Bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[177,49,2808,44],"tags":[2594,2058,4639,4948,4947],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}