When the entrepreneur Alfred Dunhill set up his first tobacconist's shop in Edwardian London, he decided that he needed an eye-catching display to attract customers. Mr Dunhill began buying pipes, ...

As soon as the Duke of York was old enough to smoke a pipe, his brother Edward of Wales took him to Alfred Dunhill’s shop on Duke Street, a smart little London thoroughfare running out of Piccadilly.

The smoke has cleared, and Music City Marketing Inc. has emerged as the exclusive U.S. distributor of British-made Dunhill pipes and accessories. Alfred Dunhill Americas LLC will close its wholesale ...