Dutchie: A 3-Billion-Dollar Cannabis E-Comm Giant November 10, 2022 Brian MacIver E-commerce, Point-of-Sale, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments Dutchie certainly has made headlines with its rapid growth over the last few years. An e-commerce platform focused on facilitating dispensary operations and transactions, Dutchie enables more than $14 billion in sales annually across 5,500 dispensaries in the U.S. and… Read More→
Brightfield Group Harnesses the Power of Consumer-Centric Data November 7, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Understanding the customer is the professed bedrock of every company with a consumer product to sell, but what do you do when the industry is brand spanking new, many of its consumers are also new, and the ones that are… Read More→
Balancing Act: Why Both Art and Science Are Vital to the Success of Your Cultivation Business November 2, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments By Ryan Douglas How do growers balance the art of cultivation with the science of plant production to create the best cannabis possible? Why is this important? Because both are vital to the success of a profitable cultivation business. An… Read More→
Nabis Plans to Deliver More Market Share and More Markets November 1, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Founded by Vince C. Ning and Jun S. Lee, California wholesale cannabis delivery platform Nabis has seen steady growth since it first hit the ground driving in 2018 with a model that over time has added helpful services such as… Read More→
All About the Execution: A Conversation with Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin October 24, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 1 Comment With over 6000 employees, 144 dispensaries, and over 2,200 wholesale dispensary accounts across 21 states, and counting, Curaleaf is an MSO in constant motion, launching new stores here, buying new companies there, expanding its footprint not only nationally but internationally… Read More→
CEO & Founder Gary Cohen Delivers Cova’s Point-of-(Compliant)-Sale Software Secret Sauce October 19, 2022 Brian MacIver Company Stories, Point-of-Sale, Spotlight 0 Comments By Brian MacIver When Gary Cohen, founder and CEO of cannabis industry point-of-sale (POS) software company Cova, was working for another large POS company operating in the retail cellphone market, he never dreamed he would one day be making the… Read More→
By the Numbers: Headset CEO Cy Scott on the Future of Industry Data October 18, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments Seattle-based Headset has been plowing the cannabis retail point-of-sale data fields since 2015, when it exclusively focused on Washington state. Over time, the company steadily expanded its analytic chops to include more markets, and today it tracks product sales and… Read More→
Mass. Cannabis Regulator Confirms It Learned About Workplace-Related Death in January October 15, 2022 Tom Hymes Policy & Legal, Spotlight 0 Comments In response to an inquiry, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has confirmed that it first learned about the work-related death of Trulieve employee Lorna McMurrey "on or around January 10." McMurrey, who worked at Trulieve’s cultivation facility in Holyoke, died… Read More→
CEO Roy Bingham Built BDSA on a Bedrock of Data October 11, 2022 Tom Hymes Ancillary Businesses, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments In its most recent forecast for the U.S. cannabis industry, BDSA projects that despite falling sales in some of the more mature markets, cannabis sales nationally will continue to increase, growing to $42 billion in 2026. “Despite an inflationary environment… Read More→
Biden pardons marijuana offenses, calls for review of federal law October 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal, Policy & Legal, Spotlight 0 Comments The president will also be urging governors to do the same for cases regarding state offenses of civil possession of marijuana. President Joe Biden on Thursday granted a pardon to all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law,… Read More→
Should You Pursue Cultivation Licenses in Emerging Markets? October 5, 2022 Ryan Douglas Caribbean, Central America, Cultivation, South America, Spotlight 0 Comments Slowly and quietly, countries outside North America are opening new legal cannabis markets for the first time. Costa Rica just legalized medical cannabis and hemp cultivation for industrial use, and the president has also expressed support for an adult-use market.… Read More→
Marketing a Major MSO: David Spreckman of Verano October 4, 2022 Tom Hymes Marketing, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Heading up marketing for a major cannabis MSO has got to be either a dream job or a walking nightmare, or maybe it’s a little bit of both. In cannabis, of course, most decisions depend upon a multiplicity of factors… Read More→
Greenlight is Flying High Under the Radar September 29, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 1 Comment Founded in 2019, Greenlight is a lesser-known MSO with operations ongoing in Missouri, Arkansas, and West Virginia. An Illinois dispensary also is awaiting imminent approval from the state, and in South Dakota construction is underway on cultivation and six dispensaries.… Read More→
From Pearls to Pips, Grön is Reshaping the Infused Edible September 27, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, News & Insights, Spotlight 1 Comment The word “fun” is often used to describe the Grön brand, and with good reason. The name of the company, which means “green” in Swedish, is a lot of fun to mispronounce, but more than that, the company’s products are… Read More→
An Essential Metrc Adjusts for the Future September 19, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Compliance and Regulations, News & Insights, Seed-to-Sale, Spotlight, Supply Chain 0 Comments If there is an all-encompassing company in cannabis, it has to be Metrc. With more than 20 state governments (and one American Territory) under seed-to-sale contract, the Lakeland, Florida-based technology company is the dominant provider of cannabis track-and-trace solutions in… Read More→