Cannabis-infused balms, lotions, and oils are reaching an increasingly diverse audience. While we all refer to the category broadly as “topicals”, innovations in formulation, application, and delivery have resulted in an interesting array of products available to consumers. For example, THC-free topicals can be found in CBD stores, and dispensaries offer a range of formulations, […]
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Balms, Lubes, Patches: The State(s) of Topicals
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 July of 2021, market snapshots will reveal different consumer trends in pot-friendly states. For example, […]
Prices Swing — And Some Prices Are Better Than Others
Savvy dispensary owners, manufacturers and consumers anticipated significant price variation in the months following California’s launch into recreational marijuana. Most people expected prices to rise, and they did, for nearly everything sold through a dispensary. The rise of prices across the board happened largely due to regulatory and taxation changes that came with the pivot […]
With Topicals, High-CBD versus Regular Shape Sales Patterns in CO
Balms, creams lotions, patches — the world of topicals differs markedly from all other categores of cannabis sales that include THC. The rest of them — edibles, concentrates and flowers — enter the bloodstream through the mouth by inhalation or swallowing. But topicals enter the body through the skin. It’s a niche category. Massage therapists […]
Balms Overtake Topicals Market
As the legal cannabis market matures, products that in the past barely existed become more mainstream, with multiple brands, plenty of shelf space and enthusiastic consumers. Relatively high-tech concentrates like shatter and wax (compared, for example, to old-school concentrates like hash and keef) were pursued by only the most dedicated cannabis enthusiasts, who were willing […]
Tinctures Nab Growth Medal, But Concentrates Still Wow
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 a tight race for the lead, but tinctures — yes, tinctures — grew with the […]
It Takes a Lot of Moxey: botanicaSEATTLE
Its takes a lot of Moxey: botanicaSEATTLE You meet a lot of interesting people covering the cannabis industry and I had the pleasure of meeting someone who has a lot of Moxey, Tim Moxey that is, the founder, owner, spiritual leader and visionary behind botanicaSEATTLE, a Washington 502 Processor based in Seattle, . Four (4) […]
