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→
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→
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→
Candy Rises, Chocolates Fall, During CA First Six Months July 30, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments When California launched legal adult-use sales on January 1 of this year, with massive international news coverage and heated anticipation regarding sales, people wondered not only about how much marijuana consumers would buy. Questions about what kinds of products, too,… Read More→
Who Do They Think You Are? Building Your Cannabis Brand July 29, 2018 Eric Giandelone Cannabis & Hemp Research, Marketing 0 Comments Without giving it more than a second, answer this question: What is your favorite brand? For many of you, a few recognizable names are coming to the fore: Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Patagonia. Whatever company that you thought of, chances are… Read More→
Balms, Lubes, Patches: The State(s) of Topicals July 24, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments As the cannabis market matures across the second decade of the 21st century, some aspects of the industry, such as flower’s lead (albeit steadily diminishing) in market share, are likely to hold steady. But the cannabis market is ever-evolving. By… Read More→
Arizona Medical Cannabis Market: Grand Canyon Staters Love Brownies July 16, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments Adult-use failed to win the vote in Arizona during the 2016 election, and a recent move to place cannabis adult-use legalization on the 2018 ballot failed to gain enough support. So adult-use in Arizona is at least a few years… Read More→
Med and Rec in Colorado and Oregon Go Own Ways July 9, 2018 Doug Brown Cultivation 0 Comments Before pot shoppers in Colorado and Oregon open their wallets for a gram of Green Crack or a vape pen, they first must decide which kind of store to visit: medical or adult-use. Both dispensaries will carry roughly the same… Read More→
Candy Sweetens Cannabis Edibles Market June 25, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments Candy rules the edibles market, and it always has. But within the candy category, which includes gummies, mints, hard candy, caramels and more, trends diverge between states according to data from cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. But one candy,… Read More→
Cannabis Beverages Modest Market, But Thirst Growing June 18, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments The cannabis beverage market is not large, compared to categories like flower and concentrates — less than one percent of all cannabis sales in Colorado, Oregon and California were spent on beverages during April of this year, for example. But… Read More→
Bakeries Still Baking For Getting Baked June 11, 2018 Doug Brown Processing 0 Comments Cannabis enthusiasts who prefer eating to smoking their weed have many choices now. But it wasn’t long ago that, for the most part, they had to make their own munchies-slayers. Prior to legalization, that meant crafting a homemade butter or… Read More→
A Blazing 4/20 in California May 30, 2018 Doug Brown California, Processing 0 Comments Pot’s annual holiday, 4/20, met its biggest potential bonanza last month in California. The Golden State just months earlier had welcomed legal recreational sales, and dispensaries, grows and brands up and down the state prepared to harvest the kind of… Read More→