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Cannacurio: West Virginia – The Mountain State Receives 285 Applications for 120 Potential Licenses

Cannacurio: West Virginia – The Mountain State Receives 285 Applications for 120 Potential Licenses

West Virginia recently shared information on their 285 medical marijuana applicants. This includes applications for one laboratory, 44 cultivators, 199 dispensaries and 41 manufacturers.

How to Leverage Data to Improve Email Marketing Results

How to Leverage Data to Improve Email Marketing Results

Research shows that every $1 a business invests in email marketing generates a $44 return. In other words, email marketing is essential to grow any business today, including cannabis businesses and cannabis-related businesses

Cannacurio: COVID-19 Doesn't Slow Licensing - From Maine to Oklahoma to Florida

Cannacurio: COVID-19 Doesn't Slow Licensing - From Maine to Oklahoma to Florida

Business, schools and some government offices have closed down or reduced resources but we’ve still seen a few bright and interesting spots of license issuance. In the last week Maine issued their first conditional licenses while Oklahoma ...

How to Write Email Messages that People Actually Read

How to Write Email Messages that People Actually Read

If you’re not sending the right email message to your audience, they won’t read it. Even worse – they could unsubscribe from your email marketing list, which means you’ll lose the chance to engage with them and turn them into paying customers in the future!

How to Ensure Your Email Marketing and CRM Comply with CCPA

How to Ensure Your Email Marketing and CRM Comply with CCPA

With the launch of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and news about additional states passing enhanced privacy regulations in the near future, the data in your email marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) ...

Cannacurio: Hemp Retail Expands to Florida

Cannacurio: Hemp Retail Expands to Florida

Our team has been working with the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDAC) to understand how they are handling hemp-derived CBD at the retail level. On January 1, 2020 new regulations became effective allowing ...

The Value of Quality Data in the Cannabis Industry

The Value of Quality Data in the Cannabis Industry

Research from IBM Marketing Cloud found that 90% of the data on the internet has been created since 2016, and the amount of data created every day continues to increase. According to a separate study by IDC, the amount of data created ...

What’s Next for CCPA and Data Privacy in the United States?

What’s Next for CCPA and Data Privacy in the United States?

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020 and enforcement will begin on July 1, 2020. It’s the first of what will be many new state privacy laws, and it includes numerous protections for consumers as well ...

Cannacurio: 95% of This Year’s Cultivation Licenses Have Been Issued by Two States

Cannacurio: 95% of This Year’s Cultivation Licenses Have Been Issued by Two States

Last month we shared that California and Oklahoma were responsible for 95% of the new cultivation licenses issued and that trend is continuing in 2020. In the first two months of the year we have tracked 1,232 new licenses with 690 ....

What is the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)?

What is the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)?

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) passed on June 28, 2018 and went into effect on January 1, 2020. The law gives California resident consumers a way to protect their personal data from businesses ...

Ed Keating of Cannabiz Media to Speak at the Emerging Maine Market Event

Ed Keating of Cannabiz Media to Speak at the Emerging Maine Market Event

Cannabiz Media Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer Ed Keating will speak at The Emerging Maine Market event in Portland, Maine on March 19, 2020. The event is the first of the Cannabis Sessions series presented by Nucleus One, ...

Cannacurio: Where Are the New Dispensaries Opening?

Cannacurio: Where Are the New Dispensaries Opening?

Two months into 2020 and it’s time to take a look at the retail & dispensary landscape. So far this year Cannabiz Media has tracked 256 newly active dispensary/retailer licenses from 14 states.

New Focus for the Cannabis and Hemp Industries in 2020

New Focus for the Cannabis and Hemp Industries in 2020

It’s been said that 2020 will be the biggest year for the cannabis industry in the United States, but for that statement to hold true, the industry needs to shift its focus. In many states, markets are maturing, and we’re already seeing far-reaching effects.

Cannacurio: Who Paid the Biggest Fines in Colorado Last Year?

Cannacurio: Who Paid the Biggest Fines in Colorado Last Year?

In 2017, the Colorado General Assembly repealed the statutory mandate that the Department of Revenue report this information to the Colorado General Assembly (HB 17-1137). However, the Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division still issues a report ...

Visit Cannabiz Media at NCIA’s Northeast Cannabis Business Conference

Visit Cannabiz Media at NCIA’s Northeast Cannabis Business Conference

NCIA’s Northeast Cannabis Business Conference (formerly called the Seed to Sale Show), is coming to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on February 19-20, 2020. The Cannabiz Media team will be there at Booth #802 on the expo floor ...

Cannacurio: Active Distribution Licenses In 2019 By State

Cannacurio: Active Distribution Licenses In 2019 By State

In some ways cannabis distribution serves as a business-to-business delivery license. In the few states that have these licenses, they serve as the link between license holders as cannabis moves along the supply chain.

Cannabis Migration – Who’s Moving and Why?

Cannabis Migration – Who’s Moving and Why?

The cannabis migration first gained notoriety in 2013 when legalization came closer to a reality in Colorado. Fast forward to 2020, and it’s still happening. The difference today is that many people are moving to cannabis-friendly states for a wider variety of reasons then they did seven years ago.

State Cannabis Programs in 2020: Routes to Medical and Recreational Legalization

State Cannabis Programs in 2020: Routes to Medical and Recreational Legalization

Some cannabis industry experts predict that up to 18 states could legalize cannabis for medical and/or recreational use in 2020 through legislation or ballot initiatives. We’re already well into the second month of the year, ...

Cannacurio: Active Cultivation Licenses In 2019 By State

Cannacurio: Active Cultivation Licenses In 2019 By State

This week we turn our attention to the beginning of the cannabis value chain by looking at where the 9,190 cultivation licenses were generated last year. As readers of this blog have seen with our analysis of manufacturing and retail/dispensaries –

Visit Cannabiz Media at the B2B Cannabis & Hemp Industry Summit & Expo in Phoenix

Visit Cannabiz Media at the B2B Cannabis & Hemp Industry Summit & Expo in Phoenix

The B2B Cannabis & Hemp Industry Summit & Expo is coming to Phoenix, Arizona on February 13-14, 2020, and the Cannabiz Media team will be there at Booth #207. If you’re at the event, stop by and visit the team ...