Massachusetts health-care providers may continue registering new medical cannabis patients via telehealth appointments instead of in-person visits, state regulators announced, citing the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The state initially allowed expanded...
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Marijuana MSO Verano raises CA$100 million, announces Arizona acquisition
Chicago-based multistate marijuana firm Verano Holdings raised slightly more than $100 million Canadian dollars ($79.7 million) through a bought deal private placement of special warrants. Underwriters led by Beacon Securities and Canaccord Genuity agreed to purchase...
Cannabis MSO Green Thumb Industries raises $56 million in US share sale
Chicago-based multistate cannabis operator Green Thumb Industries raised roughly $56 million from selling shares in the United States. Green Thumb (GTI) accepted offers to purchase 1.6 million subordinate voting shares for $35.50 per share. The sale is expected to...
Canadian cannabis retailer Fire & Flower strikes US licensing deal
Major Canadian cannabis retailer Fire & Flower Holdings is making moves into the United States, licensing its brand and technology to American Acres Managers, a private Canadian firm with marijuana retail ambitions in Arizona, California and Nevada.
New cannabis SPAC raises $150 million in IPO for US acquisitions
Choice Consolidation Corp., a new cannabis industry special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), raised $150 million in an initial public offering on the Canadian NEO Exchange. "We are thrilled to make our public market debut on the NEO Exchange as we begin our next...
Canada tallies CA$2.6B in cannabis sales for 2020, up 120% over 2019
Canadian sales of legal recreational cannabis totaled 2.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.08 billion) in 2020, as December sales increased from a relatively sluggish November. Licensed marijuana retailers across the country sold CA$298.4 million worth of cannabis in...
Cannabis firm Agrify prices share offering to raise $75 million
Ancillary cannabis company Agrify priced an underwritten public offering to raise $75 million, less than a month after raising $54 million in an initial public offering. The Massachusetts-based developer of indoor agriculture technology will sell roughly 5.6 million...
Ontario accelerates cannabis store licensing to 120 per month
The cannabis store regulator in Canada's largest recreational marijuana market has once again increased the pace at which it issues store licenses, from 20 per week to 30 per week. The change took effect Tuesday, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)...
Canadian marijuana retailer Fire & Flower seeks Nasdaq listing
Fire & Flower Holdings, a Canadian marijuana retail chain with an eye on international growth, applied to list its shares on the Nasdaq exchange in the United States. "The company anticipates that the Nasdaq listing will assist in attracting retail and...
Here’s how to choose the best location for your marijuana retail store
From mom-and-pop shops to corporate chains, everyone in the retail business knows that a carefully chosen location is key to success.
Marijuana grow facility designer Urban-Gro goes public on Nasdaq
Marijuana cultivation facility design and engineering firm Urban-Gro priced an initial public offering on the Nasdaq exchange to raise $54 million before expenses.
How Canadian retailer Nova Cannabis plans to profit from shift to Value Buds brand
Canadian marijuana retailer Nova Cannabis will bet heavily on a value strategy after combining with a competitor, signaling the continuing importance of low-priced products in the increasingly competitive adult-use market. After the deal closes in early March, most of...












