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Posts tagged with "cannabis business"
Tips for Vetting a Cannabis Trade Show: How to Measure Value and ROI
The cannabis industry is growing and maturing. Along with it, trade shows are playing an evermore important role in educating about new products, services, and creative ways to expand businesses. Exhibitors are marketing a vast array of goods and services giving growers, processors, and retailers the convenience of one-stop shopping to...
What Are the Top 10 Cannabis Economies in Europe?
Things are starting to change in a hurry on the cannabis front across the EU. Here is a brief overview of the leading cannabis countries across the region as it experiences a European “summer of cannabis love." Things are definitely moving in Europe on the cannabis front this summer. Countries are beginning to see a post-Covid wave...
Surna's New Partnership Could Create $10 Million in Revenue
CEA Industries Inc. subsidiary, Surna Cultivation Technologies LLC, a leader in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems engineering and technologies, today announced it has entered into a letter of intent to provide products and mechanical engineering services over five phases with Greene Brothers Farm, Inc., a family owned and...
Crypto and Cannabis: The Dawn of Smokable NFTs
It is more than digital art. At the intersection of the metaverse virtual realm and cannabis, CampNova and The Crypto Cannabis Club (CCC), are exploring different ways to see and use art through NFTs by minting unique and non-fungible assets intertwined with weed. The allure — it’s more than a digital bag of weed. Set to formally...
Unpredictable Weather and Automation Technology are Pushing Agriculture Indoors
By 2050, there will be nine billion people on planet earth. That’s two billion more mouths to feed than today. In an increasingly unstable environment thanks to climate change, how will farmers pivot to meet the needs of the global population? To improve yield, make better use of limited resources, and mitigate the risks posed by...
This Women and Family Owned Dispensary is Showing Us How to Sell It Like Peckham
Etain Health, New York State’s only family-run, women-owned, vertically-integrated agribusiness and medical marijuana dispensary chain, was one of the original five licensees in New York in 2015. The company currently has dispensaries in Yonkers, Kingston, Syracuse, and a flagship in Midtown East in New York City, that sell all sorts...
Insider Shares Secret To Legally Shipping THC Anywhere in America
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (D9) is the original tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) most cannabis users are familiar with. What some may not realize, however, is this version of THC exists in hemp in small quantities. According to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, “hemp” is defined as “Cannabis sativa L. … with a delta-9...
2022 New Jersey CannaTech Expo Starts Today
Are you ready for the 2022 New Jersey CannaTech Expo? As the Tri-State area continues to evolve in the cannabis business, there's so much to learn. Discover more about cannabis, hemp, and evolving regulations when you join thousands of industry professionals to learn about this profitable and expanding market. Over 40,000 Square...
New, Innovative Tech Is Changing Cannabis Finance
The Emerging Markets Coalition (EMC) is a member-driven advocacy and educational organization for financial services in highly cash-based and underserved markets. Our first targets are the cannabis-related industries (hemp, CBD, cannabis). EMC advocates and drives for the normalization of financial services — enabling these...
How One Company Created a New Standard for National CBD Testing
According to current predictions from market research firm BDSA, the U.S. hemp and CBD market could hit $20.5 billion by 2025. But, the highly variable landscape from state to state threatens this potential growth. This regulatory fragmentation must be resolved before the market reaches the forecasted 40% compound annual growth...
Have We Lost Focus on Why Social Equity Programs Were Established?
Since the emergence of the legal cannabis industry, community leaders from marginalized communities have called out the imbalance and lack of representation of ownership. These advocates created a new awareness that, in addition to safe and legal access, a focus needed to be placed on social equity, justice, and reinvestment as an...
Fearless Cannabis Predictions for 2022 and Beyond
The cannabis industry is rapidly evolving right before our eyes. New states are legalizing and coming online (Montana, New Mexico, and New York), as are countries like Malta and Mexico. Poll numbers are rising every month showing that people of all walks of life are open to legalization of cannabis and the economic and social...
Tyson 2.0 Launches in Washington State With Exclusive Products
Just like the man himself, Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand is not slowing down. Tyson is contending in many arenas these days, the foremost of which is the cannabis industry. Now, the former heavyweight champ is collaborating with its exclusive partner, Mammoth Labs, to bring Tyson 2.0’s suite of cannabis products to 16...
Laganja Estranja Launches New Trans Clothing Collection for Pride Month
As we lean into Pride season, it’s the perfect time to feature some of the leading cannabis activists, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs in the LGBTQ+ community. Drag Race former contestant and Trans woman Laganja Estranja, who will be dropping her new Trans clothing collection this month, is both cannabis advocate and an entrepreneur in...
This New App Lets You Swap Your Favorite Strains
The cannabis industry is the ideal marketplace for “budding” entrepreneurs to make a name for themselves. According to CNBC, cannabis is projected to be a $70 billion market by 2028. And because there is still a massive amount of untapped potential due to the fact many states have not legalized medical or adult-use, that number...
The Critical Role of Technology in the Cannabis Industry
The cannabis industry has grown exponentially over the past few years, by any measure. It has experienced growth spurts, just like children do, and with them, the exuberance of puberty. Now, the industry has come to that point which we all inevitably reach when it comes time to choose to remain stuck in immaturity or to begin...
The Pandemic Had Little Impact on Canada’s Legal Cannabis Sales
Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University and Daniel Myran, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa The pandemic saw a boom in legal recreational cannabis sales across Canada. From March 2020 to February 2021, sales totaled $2.5 billion, double the $1.25 billion of the previous 12 months. Surveys likewise reported more cannabis...
Premium Cannabis Themed Television Is Going Mainstream
Cannabis brands, entertainers, and influencers are in a tough spot. Despite massive followings and high demand (no pun intended), pot-themed content is all but banned across the board, from mainstream television to radio to social media. Accounts continue to be deleted from major platforms like Facebook (now Meta), YouTube, and...