I'm curious to know how much (or how little) success non-Cuban cigar brands have had breaking into markets that have traditionally been dominated by Habanos.
Being based in the US, I read a lot about brands like Alec Bradley, Oliva and AJ Fernandez (to name a few) becoming more aggressive about securing distributors in Europe and Asia especially. Cigar Journal in particular has run a number of articles touting what they call "new world" (non-Cuban) brands.
If you're interested in sharing your experience, please say which country (or general geographical region) you're from and perhaps maybe even give an estimate of what percentage of the local market you think is now made up of non-Cuban cigar sales.
Thanks - I'm looking forward to any responses you'd be kind enough to share
BTW, I'm fairly new here, and after searching the forum, didn't see this discussed anywhere previously. Please forgive me if I'm mistaken.