Web Development
While our industry has always been pipes and tobacco, at our hearts we are a tech company. From creating our own proprietary software to our astounding front end, the Web Development team works to create amazing experiences for our customers and for our employees as well. We are both the company and the client; we don't just build tools, we use our creations to do more, faster every single day.
Marketing & Advertising
More than just an in-house department, our Marketing team combines thorough knowledge of pipes and pipe tobacco with modern technologies to deliver amazing experiences. Whether it's creating stunning print ads for publications like Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine, tracking the progress of our marketing campaigns with detailed analytics, or connecting with our customers in real-time through social media, we shape our brands from the ground up and are constantly sharpening our skills to make our next efforts better than our last.
Restoration & Estates
Led by our own resident pipe maker Adam Davidson, our talented restoration team is responsible for cleaning and restoring every estate pipe that appears on Smokingpipes.com. From simple, routine sanitizing to more complex, full-blown repairs, we bring hundreds of forgotten pieces of history back to life each week — following a meticulous process we've honed and perfected over the years. When you purchase an estate pipe from us, you can immediately recognize the quality, the care, and the passion we pour into each and every piece.
Distribution
Laudisi Distribution Group, or LDG, is the exclusive US distributor of Savinelli pipes, tobacco, and accessories, Peterson pipes and accessories, as well as the go-to guys for Cornell & Diehl, G.L. Pease, Two Friends, Castello, Briarworks Tobacco, Planta, and Low Country pipe tobaccos. Our team of trained sales experts use their knowledge of pipes, pipe tobacco, and the greater industry to help retailers all across the country achieve their goals. We travel all over to visit our clients in house and help curate their inventory to drive sales and advance the pipe smoking hobby as a whole.
Shipping & Logistics
Here at Laudisi Enterprises, we pride ourselves on our ability to get packages and orders out to our clients and customers as quickly and efficiently as possible. To make this happen, we rely on our seasoned shipping team. While high-speed workflow and low error rates are the status quo, we've also taken steps to reduce our carbon footprint by reusing packing materials, recycling where we can, and following a greener approach to our everyday process.
Tobacco Blending & Manufacturing
Cornell & Diehl is one of the largest manufacturers of high quality, boutique pipe tobacco in the country. From delicious aromatics like Autumn Evening to minimalist Virginia-Perique mixtures like Bayou Morning, our passionate team blends it all by hand right here in South Carolina. Our range of blends is celebrated the world over, and we pride in delivering a natural product people can stand by. We also produce all of the blends in the well-respected G.L. Pease, Castello, Captain Earle's, Briarworks, and Two Friends pipe tobacco lines.
Pipe Manufacturing
Peterson of Dublin has built its 150-year reputation on innovation, design and execution, providing pipe enthusiasts everywhere with pipes both beautiful and practical. As part of the Laudisi family, Peterson embraces those traditions and continues to forge new approaches. From its beginnings in 1865 Dublin, Peterson has garnered the attention of the pipe world with fresh designs of their own classics. Unparalleled silverwork, innovative system engineering, proprietary manufacturing techniques and a company culture steeped in the deep Irish history of the brand combine to deliver memorable smoking experiences for aficionados worldwide.
Customer Service
Outstanding Customer Service has always been the foundation of everything we do here at Laudisi Enterprises. Whether it's assisting customers in processing transactions, following up on the status of a shipped package, or answering inquiries about any product on our site, it all falls on our team of highly trained pipe gurus. But really, it's so much more than that. We build relationships with our customers, providing the same nurturing experience you'd expect from a brick & mortar store — only online, from anywhere in the world.
Information Technology
The backbone of everything we do here at Laudisi, our IT department is responsible for configuring, managing, troubleshooting, monitoring, and fixing every aspect of our computer network and IT infrastructure. While to others it may seem like they're just surfing the web and fixing printers, behind the scenes our team has their hands on everything from our physical and cyber security systems to our myriad databases and servers, and a whole lot in between.
Merchandising
Laudisi Enterprises is comprised of retail, distribution, and manufacturing divisions — all of which require our offerings to be accurately photographed and catalogued. With pipes innumerable moving through our facilities in a given year (40,000 move through our retail division alone), our merchandising department works tirelessly to showcase our products to the world at large. Our team of passionate, intrepid, and creative individuals bring all of the tools and talents at their disposal to assess, describe, and photograph our unique products — individually, in most cases.
Web Development
While our industry has always been pipes and tobacco, at our hearts we are a tech company. From creating our own proprietary software to our astounding front end, the Web Development team works to create amazing experiences for our customers and for our employees as well. We are both the company and the client; we don't just build tools, we use our creations to do more, faster every single day.
Marketing & Advertising
More than just an in-house department, our Marketing team combines thorough knowledge of pipes and pipe tobacco with modern technologies to deliver amazing experiences. Whether it's creating stunning print ads for publications like Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine, tracking the progress of our marketing campaigns with detailed analytics, or connecting with our customers in real-time through social media, we shape our brands from the ground up and are constantly sharpening our skills to make our next efforts better than our last.
Restoration & Estates
Led by our own resident pipe maker Adam Davidson, our talented restoration team is responsible for cleaning and restoring every estate pipe that appears on Smokingpipes.com. From simple, routine sanitizing to more complex, full-blown repairs, we bring hundreds of forgotten pieces of history back to life each week — following a meticulous process we've honed and perfected over the years. When you purchase an estate pipe from us, you can immediately recognize the quality, the care, and the passion we pour into each and every piece.
Distribution
Laudisi Distribution Group, or LDG, is the exclusive US distributor of Savinelli pipes, tobacco, and accessories, as well as the go-to guys for Cornell & Diehl, G.L. Pease, Two Friends, Castello, Briarworks Tobacco, Planta, and Low Country pipe tobaccos. Our team of trained sales experts use their knowledge of pipes, pipe tobacco, and the greater industry to help retailers all across the country achieve their goals. We travel all over to visit our clients in house and help curate their inventory to drive sales and advance the pipe smoking hobby as a whole.
Shipping
Here at Laudisi Enterprises, we pride ourselves on our ability to get packages and orders out to our clients and customers as quickly and efficiently as possible. To make this happen, we rely on our seasoned shipping team. While high-speed workflow and low error rates are the status quo, we've also taken steps to reduce our carbon footprint by reusing packing materials, recycling where we can, and following a greener approach to our everyday process.
Tobacco Blending & Manufacturing
Cornell & Diehl is one of the largest manufacturers of high quality, boutique pipe tobacco in the country. From delicious aromatics like Autumn Evening to minimalist Virginia-Perique mixtures like Bayou Morning, our passionate team blends it all by hand right here in South Carolina. Our range of blends is celebrated the world over, and we pride ourselves in delivering a natural, boutique product people can stand by. We also produce all of the blends in the well-respected G.L. Pease, Castello, Captain Earle's, Briarworks, and Two Friends pipe tobacco lines.
Information Technology
The backbone of everything we do here at Laudisi, our IT department is responsible for configuring, managing, troubleshooting, monitoring, and fixing every aspect of our computer network and IT infrastructure. While to others it may seem like they're just surfing the web and fixing printers, behind the scenes our team has their hands on everything from our physical and cyber security systems to our myriad databases and servers, and a whole lot in between.
Tokyo, Japan
Situated in Tokyo, our Japanese satellite office is led by Ryota Shimizu. Ryota not only provides customer support for Japanese language customers but maintains many of our important connections within the country as well. He helps customers with processing orders, picking out pipes, and offering assistance navigating the site, while also producing regular Japanese newsletters and social media posts, and checking up with Japanese pipe makers from time to time.
Merchandising
Laudisi Enterprises is comprised of retail, distribution, and manufacturing divisions – all of which require our offerings to be accurately photographed and catalogued. With pipes innumerable moving through our facilities in a given year (40,000 move through our retail division alone), our merchandising department works tirelessly to showcase our products to the world at large. Our team of passionate, intrepid, and creative individuals bring all of the tools and talents at their disposal to assess, describe, and photograph our unique products – individually, in most cases.