First off, this is my first post. I'm a long-time user of Cope who recently switched to snus after being introduced to it by professional colleagues in Norway. This is a great forum about a great set of products, and I look forward to contributing to it!
Anyway, as an Altria (Philip Morris) investor, I'm starting to hear some rumblings on the newswires about a "possible" Swedish Match acquisition (again, just rumblings). Altria is aggressively pursuing international expansion, and Swedish Match seems to be just the right size. Of course, I approach this with a measure of trepidation because I fear that the product would eventually be "Americanized" and therefore ruined. On the other hand, it might facilitate purchase of Swedish Match snus in the states. After all, Swedish Match already owns a few popular brands that are sold almost exclusively in the U.S. (e.g., Red Man chewing tobacco and the new Red Man snuff).
Has anyone heard of this rumor? I did a few searches, and I don't think that it's been mentioned here...
Anyway, as an Altria (Philip Morris) investor, I'm starting to hear some rumblings on the newswires about a "possible" Swedish Match acquisition (again, just rumblings). Altria is aggressively pursuing international expansion, and Swedish Match seems to be just the right size. Of course, I approach this with a measure of trepidation because I fear that the product would eventually be "Americanized" and therefore ruined. On the other hand, it might facilitate purchase of Swedish Match snus in the states. After all, Swedish Match already owns a few popular brands that are sold almost exclusively in the U.S. (e.g., Red Man chewing tobacco and the new Red Man snuff).
Has anyone heard of this rumor? I did a few searches, and I don't think that it's been mentioned here...
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