Thompson Cigar

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company_name = Thompson Cigar
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company_type = Retail
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foundation =1915
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location = 5401 Hangar Court. Tampa, FL 33634
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products = Cigars & Cigar Accessories
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parent = Thompson Group
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homepage = http://www.thompsoncigar.com
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Thompson Cigar Company is a major cigar and cigar accessories retailer. Thompson Cigar has the distinction of being the oldest mail order cigar company in the United States [http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/05/21/businesswire20080521006119r1.html Thompson Cigar Announces Donation of Over 300,000 Cigars to American Troops] . Published Published by Forbes.com on May 21, 2008. Accessed on June 3, 2008.] . Founded in Key West Florida in 1915, Thompson Cigar has devoted over 90 years to delivering cigar smokers national cigar brands, boutique cigars, humidors, cigar cutters and a wide variety of smoking accessories.

Thompson Cigar also offers their own private label cigars [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_19/ai_n25435181 Netconcepts Adds Multi-Channel Merchant To Growing Roster of GravityStream Clients] . Published by findarticles.com on May 19, 2008. Accessed on June 3, 2008.] and sells them at a fraction of what a comparable national brand would cost. Recently, Thompson Cigar launched it's auction site at http://auction.thompsoncigar.com as well as an informative cigar blog at http://www.cigarblog101.com.

Thompson Cigar has over 200 trained professionals in their call center, giving the cigar smoker the knowledge and experience to help place any order [http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/05/21/businesswire20080521006119r1.html Thompson Cigar Announces Donation of Over 300,000 Cigars to American Troops] . Published Published by Forbes.com on May 21, 2008. Accessed on June 3, 2008.] .

Thompson Cigar recently announced the donation of over 300,000 cigars since 2002 [http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/05/21/businesswire20080521006119r1.html Thompson Cigar Announces Donation of Over 300,000 Cigars to American Troops] . Published Published by Forbes.com on May 21, 2008. Accessed on June 3, 2008.] to American Troops in combat areas of Afghanistan and Iraq, plus Korea, the Horn of Africa and three Navy aircraft carrier battle groups through a local Tampa, Florida effort called Support Our Troops at http://www.ourtroopsonline.com [http://www.ourtroopsonline.com/what_we_do.html Our Troops Online] . Accessed on June 3, 2008.] .

Thompson Cigar is affiliated with Thompson Group which was listed #73 on the 2004 Catalog Age top 100 list [http://multichannelmerchant.com/catalogage/2004_CatalogAge100.pdf Catalog Age 2004 Top 100 List] . Published by Multichannel Merchant. Accessed on June 3, 2008.] Robert Franzblau is the Owner/President, Steve Cobden is CMO and Gina Bongiovanni is Director of Internet Marketing.

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External links

* [http://www.thompsoncigar.com/ ThompsonCigar.com]
* [http://shopping.msn.com/merchant/shp/?vendId=23941,userText=thompson+cigar,all=1] MSN Shopping
* [http://www.shopping.com/xMR-9689+thompson+cigar~MRD-409961~S-1] Shopping.com
* [http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__mid--32648.html] BizRate.com
* [http://www.epinions.com/pr-Online_Stores_Services-Thompson_Cigar] Epinions.com