Salmon & Gluckstein

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Salmon & Gluckstein
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fate = merged
successor = Imperial Tobacco
foundation = 1873
defunct = 1955
location = United Kingdom
industry = tobacco
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products = cigarettes, cigars
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parent = J. Lyons and Co, Imperial Tobacco
subsid =

Salmon & Gluckstein were a British tobacconist. Founded in London in 1873 by J. Lyons and Co they pursued an aggressive expansion to become the largest tobacco sellers in the UK [cite book | last = Alford | first = B. W. E. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Wd & Ho Wills And the Development of the Uk Tobacco Industry | publisher = Routledge | date = 2006 | location = | pages = 188 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0v6Pn8IuhdEC&pg=RA1-PA191&dq=%22salmon+%26+gluckstein%22&sig=Ur5JxAbZLJkxBetQh7SrKD7nKkY#PRA1-PA188,M1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0415286190 ] , with over 140 retail outlets [cite book | last = Casson | first = Mark | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Rise of Big Business | publisher = Routledge | date = 1997 | location = | pages = 231 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bQKEnEBrZ3MC&pg=PA231&dq=%22salmon+%26+gluckstein%22&sig=kk_7KzOyJ14Sj48NJ-xYHuG0Q90 | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0415150873 ] . They claimed however to be the largest tobacconist in the world. [cite book | last = Souhami | first = Diana | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Gluck, 1895-1978: Her Biography | publisher = Pandora | date = 1988 | location = | pages = 21 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8uojAAAAMAAJ&q=%22salmon+%26+gluckstein%22&dq=%22salmon+%26+gluckstein%22&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0863582362 ]

S&G were purchased by Imperial Tobacco in 1902. The brand was not dropped until 1955

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