Marketplace may be on the cards for cigarette firms
3 April 2012
British American Tobacco is considering launching a cigarette industry online marketplace with its competitors.
‘We’re looking at whether we could form a marketplace for raw materials with our competitors,” Ian Brown, head of logistics, UK operations, told SM. “If we are not talking to them now, we soon will be.”
Indirect spend, including packaging, film, board and also some raw material such as cigarette paper, will be targeted.
“We don’t believe it will be really...