Kiran Paul

Kiran Paul

With a background that spans both the agility of startup environments and the established presence of Asian Media Group, Kiran tries to bring a well-rounded perspective to his work. His career as a journalist began at a dynamic news startup, where he honed his reporting and storytelling skills for five years, gaining valuable experience in a fast-paced and evolving media landscape. Since 2018, he has been contributing to Asian Trader, where a standout feature of his work has been his in-depth interviews with award-winning retailers, which he transforms into insightful profiles that appear in each issue. Since 2021, he has also been at the helm of the sister title, Vape Business.

‘Dank Vapes’ behind majority of US vaping illness cases

December 11, 2019

US health officials have last week revealed the vape brands cited by the patients admitted to hospitals with lung damage linked to...

Vape Dinner Lady launches new FSDU internationally

December 6, 2019

Vape Dinner Lady has started an international roll-out of its new Free Standing Display Unit, (FSDU). Phase one of the new roll-out...

Vaping market keeps growing

December 5, 2019

The UK vaping market is worth £1.4bn (Ecigintelligence) and there are now 3.6m vapers in the UK, an increase of 12.5% on...

Independent stores catching up in vape sales

December 5, 2019

Independent and symbol retailers are still playing catch up in vaping despite increasing category sales by more than a quarter. Vape sales in...

Vape shop VPZ opens two new stores

December 4, 2019

Leading E-cigarette retailer VPZ has opened two new stores last week, taking the total number of its stores to 147. The stores...

ASA rejects complaint against blu campaign

November 25, 2019

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected a complaint against the summer marketing campaign run by blu, the vaping brand from Imperial Tobacco. The...

Dunstable retailer named Vape Convenience Retailer of the Year at Asian Trader Awards

November 22, 2019

Alex Kapadia who runs the Bargain Booze Select Convenience store at Dunstable won the Vape Convenience Retailer of the Year at this year’s Asian Trader Awards held...

Vape: Changing the Marketplace

November 22, 2019

In the 12 months to June the vaping category generated value sales of £81m in the Convenience channel, representing growth of 15.7...

Red Box Vape acquires North East peer Vapour Logic

November 19, 2019

Retail vape brand Red Box Vape has announced the acquisition of Vapour Logic, adding five stores to its growing portfolio. The new stores, located...

Smokers who switch to vaping rapidly boost heart health in trial

November 16, 2019

Chronic smokers who switched from tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarette vapes in a large randomised control trial saw a significant improvement in markers...

Unitas includes vaping in core range in new category guide

October 28, 2019

Unitas Wholesale had launched the third in the series of Plan for Profit category guides for 2019, focusing on the core and extended range for...

Green Stem CBD releases new VPOD vape pen

September 27, 2019

Green Stem CBD has announced the release of their new VPOD vape pen. The vape system is easily refillable with the Surrey-based...

BAT’s new boss shifts focus to vaping

September 12, 2019

British American Tobacco plans to lay off 4% of its workforce, including a fifth of senior managers, as recently-promoted chief executive Jack...

British vapers have nothing to fear after US deaths, say health experts

September 9, 2019

Health experts have reassured British vapers following a severe respiratory illness that has killed at least five people and hospitalised many more...