Jage Media Debuts MJ Unpacked, A Cannabis Executive Event Series March 10, 2020 Press Release Marketing, MJ Unpacked 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE First Event Slated for June 5thin Denver; Other Cities to Debut in Weeks Ahead SEATTLE and DENVER, March 10, 2020 — Jage Media, a cannabis business event and media firm founded by experienced industry executive George Jage —… Read More→
Startup Serving Cannabis Brands and Retailers Draws Veteran Investment Team March 9, 2020 Press Release Marketing, On the Move 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Leading Cannabis Media Executive Launches Jage Media, Attracting Key Investors Including BDS Analytics and CanopyBoulder SEATTLE and BOULDER, COLO., March 6, 2020 — Jage Media, a cannabis business event and media firm founded by George Jage, announced the completion of… Read More→
New Report: Cannabis Concentrate Sales Plummet Post-Vape Crisis, Threatening Market on Track to Break $10 Billion in 2024 January 10, 2020 Press Release Marketing, Press Releases, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Concentrate sales down 25% in two months; but likely to rebound in 2020 as consumers rely on legal market products BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to “Cannabis Vaping: Opportunities in an Uncertain Future,” released today by Arcview Market Research and… Read More→
Legal Marijuana Could Threaten Alcohol Industry, Says Report February 25, 2019 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments Risky Business Marijuana is becoming more accepted — and that could be a problem for the alcohol industry, according to new research. “Though not yet mainstream, cannabis adoption is certainly growing in states where it’s legal and does pose a… Read More→
First Look at Cannabis Consumer Retail Trends in Nevada January 21, 2019 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Cultivation 0 Comments You might think that what happens in Vegas dispensaries stays in Vegas dispensaries. And surely some pot-shop shenanigans never do leave the Silver State’s biggest city. But the volume of flower sales? Market share for vapes? What kind of edibles… Read More→
Flower’s Share of Money Pot Declining, But Unit Sales Rise December 10, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Cultivation, Processing 0 Comments The decline of flower, and the rise of branded products like edibles, topicals and concentrates, has been a big story in cannabis for a few years. With every quarter, we see consumers spending less of their cannabis money on flower,… Read More→
When To Vape? For Many It’s First Thing in the Morning November 12, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Processing, Retail 0 Comments We write about vapes with much muscle, and for good reason — the category has been booming for years, and is sure to continue to do so as states around the country embrace legal cannabis sales. To date, most of… Read More→
America’s Genius For Branding Is Taking Marijuana To The Next Level November 3, 2018 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments If there’s one thing America does really well, it’s selling products. From Air Jordans to fidget spinners, the U.S. selling machine knows how to crank it out by the millions and create hip products that stick. Some of that success… Read More→
New Consumer Insights Data Offers Fresh Profiles of Weed Lovers October 30, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Marketing 0 Comments We write quite a bit about what people are buying at dispensaries, using extraordinarily robust point-of-sale data from cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. What were the most popular strains in Oregon last month, or a year ago from today?… Read More→
Munchies of Choice Vary Between States’ Edibles Consumers October 15, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Processing 0 Comments We smoke, vape and slather our weed. We affix patches infused with THC to our arms. And more and more of us, too, eat our reefer. So far during 2018, edibles sales in major states garnered 15 percent of market… Read More→
Cannabis Consumers and Strains: Fealty and Fickle October 1, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Cultivation, Retail 0 Comments Cannabis enthusiasts are loyal consumers of strains, finding favorites and sticking by their sides for years. Right? Sometimes. But they are fickle, too. While it is true that some consumers rarely vary from a few strains, often for wellness issues… Read More→
Live Resin Enthusiasm Rises Nationwide September 10, 2018 Doug Brown Cannabis & Hemp Research, Processing, Retail 0 Comments As we have covered rather extensively for two years, vapes rule in California, with market share for concentrates vaulting from 79 percent in January of this year to 85 percent in July according to cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics.… Read More→
Infused Pre-Rolls Fizzle in CA, Light-Up in CO, OR August 27, 2018 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments Back in the Wild West days, before California enacted adult-use sales as well as a much more comprehensive regulatory structure, it was the land of the infused pre-rolled joint. For all of 2017, for example, pre-rolls — joints that in… Read More→
Blue Dream Strain Rules, But Kingdom Fraying August 13, 2018 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments The number of strains for sale in the cannabis market grows, weed-like, every month. Do all of the new strain names always reflect entirely novel genetics? They do not. Sometimes old strains get new names, for example. But more times… Read More→
Concentrates Growth Keeps On Truckin’ August 8, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments The most persistently muscular year-over-year growth (in dollar sales) in the cannabis industry during the past few years has revolved around concentrates. Yes, the entire industry in states like Colorado, Oregon, Washington and California grows every year, and subcategories, like… Read More→