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Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – Delta9 Systems

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – Delta9 Systems

Delta9 Systems, a division of General Data, provides traceability, workflow, and labeling solutions to cannabis businesses. Currently, the Delta9 Systems solutions are integrated into a number of cannabis seed-to-sale software tools including METRC, 365 Cannabis, and more.

What Does Northeast Cannabis Legalization Mean for the Marketing Mix?

What Does Northeast Cannabis Legalization Mean for the Marketing Mix?

Within the past few weeks, unified cannabis legalization across the northeastern states of the U.S. took a step closer to reality when the governors and top legislators from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island ...

Cannabis in Canada: Private Retail Operations

Cannabis in Canada: Private Retail Operations

Since last October’s Cannabis Act launch in Canada, provinces nationwide have been rolling out retail schemes. Over the past few weeks, we reviewed the federal government’s involvement in licensing cultivation and manufacturing facilities, ...

Marijuana Products Stake a Claim in the Sports Market

Marijuana Products Stake a Claim in the Sports Market

In recent years, many active and retired professional athletes have publicly touted the benefits of marijuana in improving their performance and recoveries. In addition, numerous research studies have proven that cannabis can have positive effects for athletes –

Cannabis in Canada: Public Retail Operations

Cannabis in Canada: Public Retail Operations

This is Part 2 of Cannabiz Media’s Cannabis in Canada series. Follow the link to read Part 1: Cannabis in Canada and Federal Licensing and Part 3: Cannabis in Canada and Private Retail Operations.

Essential Workplace Etiquette Priorities for Cannabis Businesses

Essential Workplace Etiquette Priorities for Cannabis Businesses

There are more than 72,000 licensed hemp and cannabis business licenses being tracked in the Cannabiz Media License Database across 41 states and 16 international markets, and there are tens of thousands of ancillary cannabis businesses around the world.

From Acceptance to Accessibility – The Changing Tides of the Marijuana Industry

From Acceptance to Accessibility – The Changing Tides of the Marijuana Industry

Nearly 10 years ago a 2000 Pew Research poll found that just 31% of Americans supported cannabis legalization. That number nearly doubled by 2017 when Pew Research found that 61% of Americans favored legalization.

Cannabis in Canada and Federal Licensing

Cannabis in Canada and Federal Licensing

This article is Part 1 of Cannabiz Media’s Cannabis in Canada series. Follow the link to read more from the series: Part 2: Public Retail Operations and Part 3: Private Retail Operations.

Visit Cannabiz Media at CWCBExpo in Boston

Visit Cannabiz Media at CWCBExpo in Boston

CWCBExpo will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on October 24-26, and the Cannabiz Media team will be at Booth #423 on the exhibit floor throughout the conference.

State Cannabis Regulations Lead to Imbalances in Supply and Demand

State Cannabis Regulations Lead to Imbalances in Supply and Demand

The laws of supply and demand are imbalanced in the cannabis industry across multiple states in the United States and Canadian provinces. As a result, many markets face cannabis oversupply or undersupply problems, ...

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – PMG Development

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – PMG Development

PMG Development is a land development and financial resource company originally founded in 1997. Today, the company works with clients located across the country and in numerous industries from its Denver, Colorado home office.

Cannabis Onsite Consumption Licenses and Social Use Rules

Cannabis Onsite Consumption Licenses and Social Use Rules

In May 2019, Alaska became the first state to allow cannabis dispensaries to apply for onsite cannabis consumption licenses. While several states have considered onsite cannabis consumption licenses and social use rules over the years, ...

10 Innovative Technologies in the Hemp Industry

10 Innovative Technologies in the Hemp Industry

The future of the hemp industry is technological innovation. This is an industry that is already growing rapidly despite the fact that formal federal and state rules aren’t in place yet. As the hemp industry grows, more advanced technology will be required ...

Visit the Cannabiz Media Team at the California Cannabis Business Conference

Visit the Cannabiz Media Team at the California Cannabis Business Conference

The Cannabiz Media team will be at NCIA’s California Cannabis Business Conference in Long Beach, California on October 8-9. Stop by Booth #422 to say hello and see the Cannabiz Media License Database in action through a live demo.

Leveraging CBD Consumer Buyer Personas for Business Growth

Leveraging CBD Consumer Buyer Personas for Business Growth

Consumers want CBD brands they can trust as well as affordable and accessible products. With one in seven Americans(14%) personally using hemp-derived CBD products, companies that want to build strong CBD brands and win market share ...

Cannabiz Media’s Ed Keating Discusses Cannabis Industry Data and POS with NCIA

Cannabiz Media’s Ed Keating Discusses Cannabis Industry Data and POS with NCIA

Cannabiz Media’s Co-founder and Chief Data Officer, Ed Keating, joined NCIA’s Communications and Projects Manager, Bethany Moore, on The Cannabis Industry Voice, NCIA’s weekly podcast with guest members who share their experiences, ...

3 Critical Factors Crippling the Hemp Industry

3 Critical Factors Crippling the Hemp Industry

While the number of acres of hemp grown in the U.S. grew from 9,770 acres in 2016 to 78,176 acres in 2018, it wasn’t until the 2018 Farm Bill was passed in December 2018 that the industry really had a chance.

CBD Retail and Wholesale Licenses Issued in Louisiana – Here’s the Data and Why It Matters

CBD Retail and Wholesale Licenses Issued in Louisiana – Here’s the Data and Why It Matters

The headline story of the last few weeks has been about the dangers of vaping. It has been the subject of news articles, editorials, and presidential pronouncements. As Cannabiz Media has been evaluating and measuring licenses across the country ...

Which State Has the Most Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries? The Answer May Surprise You

Which State Has the Most Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries? The Answer May Surprise You

At trade shows, members of the Cannabiz Media team are often tested with hard to answer questions from people who want to find information on cannabis industry professionals, licenses, and companies from all the data that we track.

Tracking the Growth of the Hemp Industry in the United States

Tracking the Growth of the Hemp Industry in the United States

A study published in the journal Visual Communication in August 2019 found that the media still uses negative stereotypes when referring to cannabis consumers, including medical marijuana patients.