Cannabis licensing delays in Connecticut affecting total sales
Nearly a year after Connecticut launched adult-use cannabis sales with only a handful of licensed operators, new entrants are struggling to crack into the market on the Eastern Seaboard.
A go-to-market strategy for cannabis retail sales: Q&A with The Flower Shop’s Greta Brandt
Greta Brandt, president of The Flower Shop and True North Organics, discusses her company’s expansion plans, elevating women leaders and how regulators could ease the burden on social equity license holders.
Ohio becomes 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana market
Ohio voters approved legalizing marijuana possession and adult-use sales, unlocking a projected billion-dollar market.
New York opens medical cannabis retail application window for MSOs
New York regulators are expanding medical cannabis retail licenses for large multistate operators for the first time since the state launched MMJ sales in January 2016.
Illinois suit aims to block opening of social equity marijuana licensee’s store
The parent company of a marijuana retailer in Illinois filed a lawsuit alleging that another store is opening too close to one of its existing outlets in Chicago.
Cannabis showcases are ‘a lifeline’ for New York farmers grappling with glut
New York state’s unique Cannabis Growers Showcase program has helped ease the burden of unsold marijuana worth hundreds of millions of dollars amid a dearth of adult-use retailers, according to local growers.
Few NY enforcement actions for illicit marijuana sales resolved, regulator says
The vast majority of crackdown efforts by New York regulators and law enforcement agencies related to illegal marijuana sales have failed to be resolved, officials confirmed Monday.
