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Data, outreach strategies, and market intelligence for cannabis B2B professionals.
Infused pre-rolls now take over half of pre-roll dollars, but their price per gram fell 9.5% in a year. Where share is still growing and who is cutting.
Read more →California's AB 2249 bans cartoons, unicorns, bubble fonts, and stylized fruit on cannabis packaging from 2028. What the law says and who has to redesign.
Read more →Colorado's wholesale cannabis price rose 4.7% to $601 a pound, the first increase since 2024, while store sales stay flat. What that means for vendors.
Read more →Curaleaf raised its Aurora bid to an implied US$5 a share. Then a report said Aurora has been talking to Organigram. Where the takeover fight stands now.
Read more →Nonresidents spent $24.4M of Illinois' $122.7M in August cannabis sales. How that share fell from a third, where it's concentrated, and what could move it next.
Read more →The average cannabis ounce sold for $47.83 in September 2026, or $1.71 a gram, a fifth of the single-gram price. What the price ladder means for eighths.
Read more →Curaleaf and Aurora have both asked the Alberta Securities Commission to step into the takeover fight, and Curaleaf just gave its CEO a $15.4M stock grant.
Read more →Ohio's cannabis package limits take effect Oct. 5: 100 mg edibles, 3 vapes, 1 oz of flower. What the six new DCC packaging and labeling rules require.
Read more →Missouri drew 77 microbusiness licenses from 888 applicants on Sept. 9. Only 21 earlier winners are operating. Who can sell to them, and when they'll need it.
Read more →Florida issued 22 new MMTC licenses on Sept. 11 after rejecting a judge's call to rescore. What 22 new vertically integrated operators mean for vendors.
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