Year-to-Year, Cannabis Still Flowering July 24, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments The cannabis marketplace continues to roar, and not just due to the addition of new adult-use voices around the country, including Nevada, which launched adult-use sales this month. Sales in Colorado and Washington, which are into their fourth year of… Read More→
Vapes Pull Away from the Pack July 17, 2017 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments We have watched the concentrates market grow in Colorado since recreational sales began in January of 2014, and the expansion of enthusiasm for concentrates has been marked. The concentrates styles wax and shatter fairly dominated the market for all of… Read More→
Flower Price Declines Vary Between States July 10, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments In the states with the longest track record of recreational sales of flower — Colorado, Washington and Oregon — the average price for a gram of flower declines every year. But the rate of decline among states is not identical.… Read More→
Sweet Rise for Candy in Oregon June 26, 2017 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments The sales environment for all cannabis products other than flower is unusual in Oregon. When recreational shops first opened at the end of 2015, they could only sell flower. Beginning in June of last year recreational shops began carrying things… Read More→
Pre-Rolls Rolling Up and Down June 19, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments Pre-rolled joints experienced huge growth during 2016, with sales of $158 million between Colorado, Washington and Oregon, representing growth of 149 percent compared to 2015. In Colorado, sales were up by 61 percent, in Washington by 278 percent and in… Read More→
No Beaver State Boom in the Month of 4/20 June 12, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments Fresh data from Oregon shows that April, which has become a spectacle of cannabis promotions and parties due to 4/20, did not become a behemoth sales month in the Beaver State. Cannabis consumers dropped $34.6 million on cannabis in April… Read More→
The rise of the vape June 5, 2017 Doug Brown Consumption Gear & Accessories, Processing 0 Comments The concentrates category is the cannabis industry’s largest, next to flower. And it looks like that second-place ranking is not drifting away anytime soon, based on data from BDS Analytics, one of the cannabis industry’s leading sources of cannabis data.… Read More→
Cannabis pills pop in different directions May 30, 2017 Doug Brown Processing, Retail 0 Comments Cannabis is sold in a variety of forms, from joints to caramel truffles. Few of them exactly scream “medicine,” or correspond with something a consumer might pick up at a pharmacy to help deal with back pain or sleeplessness. But… Read More→
The states of strains May 22, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 1 Comment The dispensary marketplace is a lively bazaar, with established brands and entrepreneurs every day coming up with new products — everything from chewing gums to nasal sprays to CBD-packed concentrates and massage lotions. But the wide range of commercial innovations… Read More→
Edibles preferences diverge in different markets May 15, 2017 Doug Brown Processing 1 Comment Edibles enjoy a healthy chunk of the cannabis marketplace — for all of 2016, for example, the category captured 12 percent of the $2.41 billion marketplace within Colorado, Washington and Oregon on $282.02 million in sales. That’s an increase of… Read More→
It’s tea time for the cannabis market May 8, 2017 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments Cannabis with your cup of tea? Increasingly, consumers are saying, “Yes, please.” Cannabis-infused tea drinks are hot in the marketplace, and the thirst for pot tea is a fairly new phenomenon. According to data from BDS Analytics, a leading source… Read More→
Holiday Weekends and Cannabis May 1, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments Last Monday we examined 4/2o in terms of sales, and compared it to Labor Day Weekend. While the days surrounding the much-trumpeted 4/20 last year in Colorado were big sales events, and the two weekends bookending the holiday represented excellent sales boosts,… Read More→
After 4/20, The Next Cannabis Bump April 24, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation, Processing, Resources, Retail 1 Comment Goodbye, 4/20. With so many parties, events and sales taking place during the long holiday, the retail environment most likely experienced a healthy boost in Colorado, as it did last year. In Oregon’s medical channel (adult-use for Oregon did not… Read More→
4/20 Makes April One of the Kinder Months — In Colorado April 17, 2017 Doug Brown News & Insights, Processing 1 Comment Media coverage of cannabis spikes precipitously during 4/20 week, and so do the number of parties and events nationwide trumpeting the pleasures of our favorite plant. But what about sales? In Colorado, the 4/20-effect is real according to data from BDS Analytics,… Read More→
Tinctures Nab Growth Medal, But Concentrates Still Wow April 11, 2017 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments We are lucky to work in such a dynamic industry. Every category of products—from flower to tinctures to edibles—experienced robust growth during 2016 in Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Of course, some categories grew with more oomph than others. It was… Read More→