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Our comprehensive full-length market reports provide detailed data and analysis of numerous markets around the world, on every continent. Here you will find consumer surveys as well as reports specifically on TPD notification or retail, as an example. In addition, this section includes market snapshots, a PDF infographic with key market data consolidated. Understand the various factors that impact your business with our in-depth market analysis reports.

Sales of e-cigarettes and IQOS through tobacconists in France

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 27th June 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
France
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Retail
Market reports
ECigIntelligence looks at the current offering of vapour products and IQOS in French tobacconists. We conducted telephone interviews with 331 tobacco shops in 12 French regions to get a clear picture of e-cig sales through this channel ...

2018 US regional vape store survey – key findings

Written by Eva Antal || 20th June 2018 || Market reports |

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
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Indiana
Iowa
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Nevada
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North America
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Texas
United States
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Washington D.C.
West Virginia
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Wyoming
Market Research
Retail
Market reports
ECigIntelligence carried out an online survey of nearly 300 individual US vape stores in April 2018 to identify key regional variations between stores. Here you can see the survey...

Heated tobacco usage in Japan: a consumer survey

Written by Veronika Sianko || 13th June 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
Japan
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Market reports
Heated tobacco, or HnB, has been booming in Japan since the launch of IQOS in 2014. Here we examine the results of an in-depth survey conducted by ECigIntelligence into the habits and opinions of HnB users ...

CBD e-liquid – a new market on the rise in Germany

Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar || 11th June 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
Germany
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
The market for cannabidiol (CDB) e-liquid is hotting up in Germany. It’s an emerging industry, so stakeholders are limited and no brand dominates, but new players are moving in as public interest continues to grow ...

Positive and negative TPD lists: Belgian market report

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 8th June 2018 || Market reports |

Belgium
Europe
Market Research
Regulation and Legislation
Market reports
In our latest look at the Belgian market, we see that the authorities publish two lists of notified products — one positive, one negative. The majority of notified products in Belgium are e-liquids ...

Physical stores dominate: Denmark market report

Written by Veronika Sianko || 7th June 2018 || Market reports |

Denmark
Europe
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Two years on from transposing the TPD, we can see physical stores leading Denmark’s e-cigarette retail market. However we believe an increase in availability of e-cigarettes through online vape stores is probable ...

Heated tobacco usage in South Korea: a consumer survey

Written by Veronika Sianko || 6th June 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
South Korea
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Market reports
In this in-depth market report, we examine closely the results of a survey conducted by ECigIntelligence into the habits and opinions of heated tobacco (HnB) users in a growing and competitive South Korean market ...

UK distribution: the complex journey from factory to vape store shelf

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 4th June 2018 || Market reports |

England
EU
Europe
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Retail
Market reports
This report examines the UK’s complicated and fragmented distribution channels for e-cigarette products. Vape stores purchase stock from a range of suppliers and our report looks at their main considerations ...

Open systems dominate: British Columbia market report

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 25th May 2018 || Market reports |

Canada
North America
Market Research
Market reports
In our look at British Columbia we find open system products dominate, taking up 85% of the market. However, as closed type pod kits have now became available, we expect the share of closed system to increase ...

Rise in share of home brands: Russia market report

Written by Veronika Sianko || 20th May 2018 || Market reports |

Russia
Market Research
Market reports
In our latest look at the Russian market we conducted analysis of prices and brands of 3957 products of e-liquids and 2147 products of hardware sold by the top five multibrand online retailers ...

All websites increase range of brands: Germany market report

Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar || 16th May 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
Germany
Market Research
Market reports
In this ECigIntelligence look at online pricing of e-liquid products and hardware categories on Germany’s most visited online vape stores, we find 172 different brands — a 29% increase on the last quarter ...

A picture of e-cig pricing in the UK

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 16th May 2018 || Market reports |

England
EU
Europe
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Companies
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Pricing data
Market reports
ECigIntelligence looks at the pricing and products range in e-liquids and hardware categories across the top five e-cigarette retailer websites in the UK and finds a shift towards advanced hardware products ...

Nicotine salts still limited: France market report

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 8th May 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
France
Market Research
Market reports
In our latest look at the French market, we find only three pod brands are available on the top 20 websites selling closed-type systems and only one of those is offering refills containing nicotine salts ...

Rise in products available online: Italy market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd May 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
Italy
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
In our latest look at the Italian market, ECigIntelligence has studied the latest prices and range of products for hardware products online and compared them with Q4 of 2017 ...

Online sales dominate in China as vaping as a lifestyle choice wanes

Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar || 30th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
China
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Retail
Market reports
As the vaping lifestyle trend expires, the Chinese vaping industry struggles to become an option for smokers in a country where smoking is culturally ingrained. Meanwhile, vape stores close and the big online marketplaces dominate ...

CBD in Europe: an overview of an emerging vaping market

Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar || 24th April 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Health
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
In this report from ECigIntelligence, we look at how CBD may be used as a vapour product, and examine the marketing and pricing of CBD on the leading vaping websites in Europe which offer it ...

Heated tobacco versus e-cigarettes: what does the future hold?

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
Japan
North America
United States
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Technology and Innovation
Market reports
Heated tobacco is grabbing headlines, but what else will it seize? We examine a number of market and regulatory scenarios with greatly differing outcomes for both heat-not-burn products and e-cigarettes ...

Heated tobacco gaining ground: special market report

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 17th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
EU
Europe
Japan
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
In this special report, ECigIntelligence looks at how heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) and hybrid products are gaining ground in the world’s tobacco and vapour market ...

South Korea heated tobacco market dominated by IQOS

Written by Veronika Sianko || 13th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
South Korea
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
ECigIntelligence returns to look at South Korea, where the heated tobacco market emerged in in 2017 when PMI launched IQOS — a move that was followed by the launches of both Glo and Lil ...

Nicotine salts and pod kits growing rapidly: Canada market report

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 11th April 2018 || Market reports |

Canada
North America
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
With both products growing in popularity, in this report In this report ECigIntelligence looks at the range of pod vape kits available and also the range of nicotine salts among the top 20 Canadian online retailers ...

Heated tobacco continues to expand: Japan market report

Written by Veronika Sianko || 10th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia
Japan
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Japan has been at the forefront of the growing heated tobacco market, and in this report ECigIntelligence looks at the marketing conditions and compares the leading brands ...

IQOS versus Glo: the heated tobacco market in Russia

Written by Veronika Sianko || 5th April 2018 || Market reports |

Russia
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Two heated tobacco brands have been launched in Russia by Big Tobacco: IQOS from PMI and BAT’s Glo. And all the signs are that the products are gradually gaining in interest and popularity in one of the world’s...

CBD in France: green shoots of a new market appearing

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 5th April 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
France
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Despite some degree of legal uncertainty, a variety of CBD vaping products appeared on the French market in 2017. This report considers what they are, where they can be found, and what factors affect their pricing and availability...

Advanced devices dominate Greece: consumer survey

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 23rd March 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
Greece
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
ECigIntelligence’s latest online survey of the Greek e-cigarette market found advanced devices dominate, with a high proportion of respondents mixing their own e-liquids ...

Shrunk by regulation, but going steady: Italy market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th March 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
Italy
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Our latest report on the state of the e-cigarette market in Italy finds that strict regulation has caused a fall in the size of the market – but not as steep as the fall in vaper numbers, as...

UK market report: mainstream retail dominated by tobacco firms

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 27th February 2018 || Market reports |

England
Europe
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Marketing and Retailing
Retail
Market reports
In our latest look at the UK market we see that the distribution share of mainstream retail has remained stable. The channel is dominated by tobacco companies and it is difficult for small companies to access the channel...

Online still dominates: Spain market report

Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar || 21st February 2018 || Market reports |

Europe
Spain
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
In our latest look at the Spanish market, we see that open system products dominate, online remains the most important distribution channel and IQOS is the only Big Tobacco e-cig product currently available ...

Online sales thrive despite ban: Quebec market report

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 20th February 2018 || Market reports |

Canada
North America
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
In our latest look at Canada we focus on Quebec, where the e-cig industry is subject to strict regulations. There is no country-wide regulation as yet, but this looks set to change with Bill S-5 ...

Belgium: vape store numbers booming in a fast-growing market

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 8th February 2018 || Market reports |

Belgium
EU
Europe
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
The Belgian e-cigarette market is highly regulated but growing fast, with the number of vape stores in the country having doubled since last year’s implementation of the European TPD legalised nicotine e-cigs ...

Hardware in Italy: new quarterly online price tracking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th February 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
Italy
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
ECigIntelligence tracked the online pricing of hardware products on the top five visited e-cigarette websites in Italy. The tracking will be conducted on a quarterly basis and the comparative top line results presented, as here ...

US consumer survey: open system users and hardware choices

Written by Eva Antal || 1st February 2018 || Market reports |

North America
United States
Consumers
Market Research
Market reports
We carried out a survey and analysed the hardware choice of more than 4000 vapers in America. We found 35% of respondents generally only buy their device in vape stores and Smok is the dominant leader by...

HnB in France: distribution channels for IQOS

Written by Migle Malinovskyte || 31st January 2018 || Market reports |

EU
Europe
France
Heated tobacco
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Our report examines the French distribution channels for PMI’s IQOS, currently the only heated tobacco system available in France, along with its associated Heets consumables ...

Almost 20% rise in vape stores: UK market report

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 30th January 2018 || Market reports |

England
EU
Europe
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Market Research
Retail
Market reports
In our latest look at the UK market, we find that there are now about 2,000 vape shops. The northwest of England has the highest number of stores and 70% of all stores belong to a chain ...

International brands make deep inroads into South African market

Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou || 30th January 2018 || Market reports |

Africa
South Africa
Market Research
Marketing and Retailing
Market reports
Our study of the online market in South Africa, where e-cigarettes have gained a good deal of traction over the past year, analyses brands, products and prices on the country’s 20 leading e-cig websites ...

Under Russian influence: e-cig markets in the Eurasian Economic Union

Written by Veronika Sianko || 25th January 2018 || Market reports |

Armenia
Asia
Belarus
Europe
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Market Research
Market reports
Our report considers how the free flow of goods, common customs tariff and cancellation of customs formalities affects the e-cigarette market within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia ...

Facing a taxing future: Russia vape store survey

Written by Veronika Sianko || 22nd January 2018 || Market reports |

Russia
Market Research
Retail
Market reports
Our latest survey of vape stores in Russia looks at the revenue shares attributed to the best-selling e-cigarette hardware and e-liquids, and sounds out store managers on how optimistic they are in the shadow of rising taxes ...

Open system users – who are they? New US consumer survey results

Written by Eva Antal || 16th January 2018 || Market reports |

North America
United States
Consumers
Market Research
Market reports
This first in a series of studies of vaping behaviour is based on a survey of over 7000 open system device users and identifies consumer segments based on vaping experience, device types, and actual and expected changes in...

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