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Rothmans merged with BAT around 1998<ref name=nwtbat>Edmund L. Andrews (1999). "International Business: British American Tobacco Will Buy Rothmans - New York Times". Retrieved 06 February 2020 from [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/business/international-business-british-american-tobacco-will-buy-rothmans.html Nytimes.com].</ref>. Vendome is now called Richemont and owns around 18% of BAT stock.  The Dunhill brand as owned by Richemont is organised into two, separately controlled entities: Dunhill Manufacturing (White-spot.com) (pipes, lighters, pipe cases etc), and Dunhill luxury goods, which includes the stores, watches, pens (Dunhill bought Mony-Blanc around 1977), clothes etc<ref name=richemont>Richemont History, including Significant Investments and Divestments. Retrieved 06 February 2020 from [https://www.richemont.com/group/history-including-significant-investments-and-divestments.html Richemont]</ref>. Richard Dunhill rans the pipe making division; the stores and other branded items are run separately by people who figure their potential customer base is 95% non-smokers<ref name=balfour21>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More, Introduction (pp.7-11). London, Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref>. BAT is very happy with Dunhill cigarettes, which is doing very well in Asia. </font>