Aristoff is a brand of
cigar. The leaves (
wrapper,
binder, and
filler) are exclusively grown and cured in Nigaragua. The cigars are all hand-rolled in
Chinandega,
Nicaragua and at the company's
Honduras-based satellite factory. The corporate headquarters of this firm, however, lie in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with their principal market being the American
Eastern Seaboard. A relatively new company, the brande was launched amid great fanfare in 2002. The company was marketed heavily on the
internet and through a
viral marketing scheme. The great expectations fell flat, however, when the first few series of cigars did not meet with popular approval. Sales of the product fell 78% after the first year. Due to this plunge in revenue, the
IPO in the company was called off in April 2003.
The company's new series of cigars have been more accepted among the cigar market. Sales have increased steadily since hitting a trough in 2004.
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