Big Tobacco Tries to Don A New Look

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bluecat

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It will be interesting to see how it goes with BT. My thought is that they would eventually buy up all the mom and pops for clients lists and retainers. Money talks.

My worst fear is the taxing arm of the government.

I was at the local music store buying a new clarinet for my eldest. The guy there had 4 innokin itastes sitting along the desk. 3 plugged in and one next to where he was sitting. So it looks like the music store allows them to vape. To someone who doesn't know they would have had no clue what they were.
 

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Businesses must make a profit. Businesses must move with the times. Early 1900's, there were companies that made springs for horse drawn buggies. Some of them then started making springs for them new-fangled automobiles. Those companies are still in business. The companies that wouldn't adapt aren't around anymore.
 

DaveP

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BT is a scary elephant in terms of competitiveness. They will either drive the product to be competitive, lowering the price of vaping by offering free this and that to get people to try it, or they will gain market share by undercutting mom & pop to the point of profit loss.

I don't see them developing technology that much farther than that which already exists, but you never know what can be done to make the product fool-proof and easy to use. I kind of hope that they stick to pre-filled carts and they probably will until people learn that one tank can be refilled over and over at far less expense. I don't see BT sticking to a product that is just a learning curve that leads to real vaping. \\

In any case, independent vapor stores will have to be on their toes to outsmart BT.
 
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