John Player & Sons - Today

Today

Player's still trades, but with a much reduced workforce (down to about 700 employees due to increased efficiency). It is no longer one of Nottingham's 'Big Three' employers (the other two being Boots the Chemists and Experian.

Today, John Player Special and John Player King Size are manufactured by Imperial Tobacco, whereas John Player Gold Leaf is manufactured by British American Tobacco (in some countries), and ranks as one of the best selling and most popular tobacco products in Pakistan. It's also present in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the Gulf. In South Asia, it is one of the biggest brands in the High category brand list.

The JPS brand has also been repositioned in the last several years and is now a UK mid-price cigarette brand.

Player's cigarettes are available in the following varieties:

• Player's Plain (unfiltered)
• Player's Filtered (regular — now known as Player's Original)
• Player's Medium
• Player's Light (now referred to as Player's Rich)
• Player's Light Smooth
• Player's Extra Light
• Player's Navy Cut
• John Player Specials (JPS) (original black and gold, and also silver, blue and menthol in the UK)
• Richmond (Regular, Gold and Menthol in King Size and Superking sizes)
• John Player King Size (Known as '20 Blue' or 'Johnny Blue' in the Republic of Ireland)
• All new John Player Standard
• John Player (blue) (also known as Johnnie Blues)
• John Player (bright blue)
• John Players Gold Leaf (Special)

In Canada, Players is manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Canada and is available in the following varieties, in both regular and king size:

• Player's Original Flavour
• Player's Rich Flavour
• Player's Smooth Flavour
• Player's Plain
• Player's Black & Red
• Player's Black & Gold
• Player's Black & Silver
• John Player Special
• John Player Standard Bold
• John Player Standard Blue
• John Player Standard Silver
• Player's Special Blend