Marijuana and the franchise business model seem like a good fit, especially as a way for new cannabis businesses to make a quick impact through a well-known brand.
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Pay to play: Cannabis brands fork over cash for retail shelf space
The increasingly competitive cannabis market is fostering a pay-to-play mentality among both marijuana retailers and the brands they carry.
Marijuana cultivator’s CO2 partnership with craft beer brewer saves money, makes MJ firm more eco-friendly
Two of Colorado’s most high-profile industries - cannabis and beer - recently joined forces under a state-supported pilot project aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. It's cheaper - about a 10th of the cost - for cannabis businesses to buy carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Retail pop-ups can help cannabis suppliers alert consumers to brands and products
As marijuana companies seek more and different ways to make their products stand out on store shelves, they’re starting to turn to pop-up displays and events inside retail locations.
Glut of Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensaries driving price wars
So many medical marijuana dispensaries have opened in Oklahoma that many stores are slashing prices to stay competitive. The downward pressure on cannabis pricing has some dispensaries fearing for their future even as they brace for yet more possible business challenges that could result if the state enacts more cannabis regulations related to testing and labeling.
Whoopi Goldberg exits marijuana products firm after dispute
Whoopi & Maya Medical Cannabis, a California company with MMJ products available in stores in California and Colorado, has ceased operations in the wake of an unresolved dispute between co-founders Whoopi Goldberg and Maya Elisabeth. The end of the partnership...
Long lines, high demand cause Illinois adult-use marijuana stores to ration flower, require customer appointments
A few weeks into recreational cannabis sales in Illinois, supply of flower remains tight, which is forcing many marijuana retailers to limit the amount sold to any one customer. That's to ensure retailers can serve as many people as possible, and some shops even...
New Massachusetts training program helps cannabis companies avoid hefty noncompliance fines
It was down to the wire for some Massachusetts marijuana companies to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to train managers and employees under a new compliance and safety program that is the first of its kind in the nation.
How marijuana firms can adopt environmentally friendly practices and avoid the greenwashing trap
At a time society is crying out for businesses to show an environmental conscience, marijuana companies nationwide are searching for ways to do their part and keep their ecological footprints as small as possible.
MJBizDaily Awards Hall of Fame inductees: cannabis business pioneers Steve DeAngelo and Wanda James
Marijuana Business Daily has selected cannabis industry pioneers Steve DeAngelo and Wanda James as the inaugural inductees into the MJBizDaily Awards Hall of Fame, which will be showcased next week during MJBizCon in Las Vegas.
Disruption is good for business, including cannabis firms: Q&A with Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph shares insights on why disruption is fundamental to business success and why cannabis companies should strive to remain disruptors.
On first day of Michigan recreational marijuana sales, customers line up for flower
The line outside the Exclusive Brands dispensary in Ann Arbor, Michigan, stretched nearly three blocks on the state’s first day of recreational cannabis sales Sunday.
