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Retail Business Strategies: Doubling Down During Delays

Hawaii dispensary weathered delays in the state’s MMJ rollout by staying lean and mapping out a strategic plan by Joseph Peña When Aloha Green received one of Hawaii’s first medical…

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Steep Hill’s expansion strategy involves partnering with local cannabis companies, focusing on consistency

The key to building a successful national brand is consistency. But that’s a tall order in an industry where it’s illegal to ship the main product across state lines.

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Industry Snapshot: Packaging Companies

The majority of marijuana packaging still consists of generic pop-top bottles that cost only a few cents apiece, but cannabis packaging has grown into a very big business in a…

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Hire Learning: How to hire – and train – a security guard

by Bart Schaneman When looking to hire a guard for a marijuana company, it’s important to consider the environment in which the individual will be working. Cannabis companies have a…

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Cannabis industry developments in the U.S. and globally

What's happening in the cannabis industry, both in the U.S. and abroad.

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$770 million windfall: Canadian marijuana companies see surge in new investments

Canada’s marijuana-related companies collectively raised more than $770 million in the first half of 2017 – a nearly 1,700% increase from a year earlier – as businesses prepare to ramp…

News August 1

Massachusetts to fast-track MMJ firms for rec marijuana licenses

Registered medical marijuana businesses in Massachusetts will be expedited through the review process for recreational cannabis licenses in an effort by legislators to sidestep a potential supply shortfall. Lawmakers believe MMJ businesses…

News July 31

California lawmakers seek to expedite cannabis rulemaking

In a move to ensure they can meet their January 2018 deadline to establish a new regulatory system for medical and recreational marijuana businesses, California legislators have established an “emergency…

News July 31

New Jersey awards state’s final medical marijuana license

Six years and several executive and investor changes later, Harmony Foundation became the sixth and final medical marijuana business in New Jersey to get its cultivation license. The dispensary plans…

News July 31
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