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 Nevadans consume? That data and much more now is no longer secret, as cannabis market […]
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Flower’s Share of Money Pot Declining, But Unit Sales Rise
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, and more on other things. So flower’s popularity with consumers must be declining, right? Au […]
Retail Oregon Prices Not Tracking Wholesale Drop
The news of the spring out of Oregon has been the plummeting of wholesale cannabis prices. Since just October of last year, according to some reports, wholesale prices have dropped by 40 percent. Oregon cannabis consumers do, indeed, have reason to celebrate — their dispensary visits are increasingly lighter on the wallet. But on the […]
A Blazing 4/20 in California
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 green that piles-up in cash registers. Did the harvest meet expectations? It certainly rocked. Sales […]
Thinking 4/20 is Meh? Think Again — It’s Massive
Marijuana’s big holiday, 4/20, is a huge day for cannabis sales. In fact, it’s the biggest one-day event of the year for the industry — last year between Colorado, Washington, Oregon and California 4/20, which fell on a Thursday, led to $36.3 million in sales according to cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. By way […]
California Sales Ignite in February, As Vapes, Edibles Keep on Burning
During just the first two months of recreational cannabis in California, sales for all types of cannabis products in the state expanded rapidly, a development probably connected in part to more dispensaries receiving sales licenses. But increased consumer demand, too, plays a role. To wit: January sales reached $143.80 million, but in February sales leapt […]
Oregon’s 2017 Saw Edibles Boom, Flower Flatline
Beaver State cannabis industry stores, growers and brands enjoyed a booming 2017 marketplace, with solid growth in most categories. We will explore individual Oregon categories in greater detail in coming weeks, but let’s first examine the broad market. Where is the industry growing in Oregon, where has it stalled, and what are opportunities looking ahead? […]
Flower’s Market Share Evolves in Colorado, Oregon
Back in January of last year in Oregon’s recreational cannabis marketplace flower commanded a firm grip on cannabis sales, commanding 61 percent of the cannabis market compared to 19 percent for concentrates and just 8 percent for edibles. Smaller sales categories, like pre-rolls and topicals, filled out the rest of the sales. The Oregon recreational […]
Coloradans With MMJ Cards Score Bargains
It arrives in pre-rolled joints and by the ounce in plastic containers. It is turned into oil and gets smoked, or is used to saturate gummy bears and brownies. Teas contain it. Salves include it as an ingredient. Pills? It finds its way into capsules, tablets and softgels. Nearly everything for sale at dispensaries in […]
Blue Dream Doesn’t Always Lead the Strain Parade
Blue Dream was the Big Kahuna among weed strains in Colorado the year recreational sales began in 2014, and it seized the top spot in Washington and Oregon as they launched recreational sales. It sits at the top of the marijuana mountain in California now, too, as the state prepares to enter recreational sales. But […]
