Our analysis of vape stores in Quebec, Canada, revealed that independent stores sell a larger range of vaping products than chain stores. Closed systems are the dominant type of e-cigarettes and Vype was the most...
Our analysis of online retail of closed system e-cig products in the US covers three categories: disposables, rechargeable cigalikes and pre-filled tank/pod systems ...
We explore how vaping products fare in smoke and head shops in the US, the penetration of vaping products in these shops, which brands were popular, and how the channel may change ...
This report explores consumer e-liquid preferences, choices and behaviours based on our consumer survey conducted in December 2018. As the respondents were members of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), we believe most...
In our latest look at the Canadian market, we find that most sales come through the offline channel. More mainstream retail outlets have started to carry e-cigarette products and e-liquids were cheaper in physical shops...
In our latest look at the American market, we can see that there is increased competition within the e-liquids market as more products and brands become available online, while a trend for purchasing 100 ml...
ECigIntelligence conducted an online survey with US e-liquid manufacturers through October 2018. The survey targeted manufacturers and brand owners. These are our findings ...
In this report we compares data on six countries – the UK, France, Italy, the US, Russia, and Germany – to identify factors that impact consumer choice when switching to vaping, including the range of...
Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar | 24th September 2018
In our latest look at the Canada market, ECigIntelligence conducted a survey of Canadian vape store owners. We found that most respondents operated between one and two stores, and on average, 55% of revenue comes...
Written by Migle Malinovskyte | 13th September 2018
ECigIntelligence believes the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) will have a positive impact on the Canadian vaping industry by providing long-awaited certainty ...
Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar | 17th August 2018
The US vapouriser market has increased with the rise in popularity of CBD products. ECigIntelligence looks at the portable vapouriser market and its possible crossover with e-cigs ...
In our latest look at the US market we find the number of e-liquid brands available online is growing, as is the range of products, while most major firms have added nicotine salt liquids to...
Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar | 2nd July 2018
Our overview of developments in Latin America explores the varying situation of e-cigarettes and vaping in the most developed markets in the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru ...
In our latest look at America, we find the pod category has taken off with hundreds of new products entering the US market. In terms of product ranges and reported sales, open pod devices are replacing...
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...
In our detailed look at the market in Alberta, we find that the main distribution channel is through more than 130 vapes stores and the market is dominated by open basic systems ...
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...
Our Q1 2018 comparative online tracking for e-liquids and hardware categories in the US finds 60 ml bottles losing share to larger bottles and nic salts; devices polarising, with more pods and advanced devices; and...
ECigIntelligence presents cross-country analysis of Q4 2017 for the hardware categories, covering all the basic and advanced starter kits, mods, tanks and rebuildable atomisers (RBAs) ...
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 ...
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...
This report, which focuses on consumer e-liquid choices, is the third in a series of studies dealing with the product choices and behaviour of open system vaping consumers in the US ...
Written by Migle Malinovskyte | 20th February 2018
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...
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...
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...
Written by Migle Malinovskyte | 19th December 2017
In our latest look at Canada, we find that open system products dominate, taking up approximately 85% of the Ontario market, with a high prevalence of basic models. Most sales come through the offline channel,...
ECigIntelligence has launched a new long-term project to track the online pricing of e-liquid products and hardware categories on the US’s most visited online vape stores ...
Contents1 Executive summary2 Market background and development3 Market size and future growth4 Vaper population and future prospects5 Form factors6 Consumer preferences7 Distribution8 Top brands9 Top chains10 Top online retailers11 Pricing12 Heated tobacco13 Associations ...
Our study of the top five US vape store chains considers how many outlets they have, their geographical distribution, how much they have grown, and how their presence relates to that of smaller chains and...
After the FDA’s recent announcement, we went back to some of the respondents to our US vape store survey earlier in the summer – and we found that optimism had increased hugely ...
Our latest look at the Florida e-cig market investigates how vape stores are geographically located and how this distribution is related to the geographical concentration of tobacco stores. We also look at how much of...
In our latest look at the vape stores of America, we find that while the number of vape stores saw 16% growthin 2016, in 2017 this growth slowed to 3%. Previously the South had driven...
Written by Nicolás Leonardo Dejtiar | 5th June 2017
The e-cigarette market in Mexico is very limited due to regulation and vape stores are largely clandestine, although some sellers operate online. Open systems...
An online survey was carried out on U.S. e-cigarette consumers by ECigIntelligence between October 2016 and January 2017 in the U.S. The survey was carried out with support from consumer association CASAA (Consumer Advocates for...
The US Vape Store Survey is an ongoing joint project of ECigIntelligence and the Smoke-Free Alternative Trade Association (SFATA). The first survey was conducted in December 2015. This latest survey took in vape stores across...
ECigIntelligence compares the prices of six e-cig products - hardware and e-liquids - across six key markets: France, Germany, Italy, the UK, the U.S. and...
Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou | 12th April 2017
Our in-depth analysis of the UK e-liquid market shows that the top UK online retailers sell a variety of e-liquid brands, but they come predominantly from US manufacturers. The TPD has affected pricing, but premium...
Pods are a new hardware category which aim to fill the gap in the U.S. market between the traditional products on offer. In this March 2017 report, we see that the key concept is to...
With the deeming regulations likely to dramatically reduce the range of e-liquid available in the United States, ECigIntelligence looks at the current state of the online market in terms of product...
In 2016, the internet provided one of the most important distribution channels in the U.S., with about 15% of vapers regularly making their e-cigarette purchases online. The percentage was higher among hobbyists, with approximately 50%...
In this November 2016 analysis we focused on stores which we believed to be dedicated to vaping, the traditional definition of a vape store. The directories to a large extent are populated with these stores,...
A study on vapers’ behaviour patterns was carried out by ECigIntelligence between August and September 2016, asking the respondents about device and brand preferences and...
We consider the very different approaches online e-cigarette retailers and e-liquid brands in the U.S. take to social media, and how this reflects the different roles of their Websites and the way customers use...