Customer Loyalty Programs Offer Clear Benefits For Cannabis Provisioning Centers
Loyalty programs, long a staple of consumer marketing strategies, have found a place among regulated cannabis retailers in the United States and Canada. By offering perks such as discounts, points, special offers and new-product notifications, retail operators say...
MRA Social Equity Education and Outreach Session March 11: License Types Needed For Operations
The MRA social equity education and outreach session March 11 will be brought to you through Zoom webinar. During this session a representative from the Field Operations section of the MRA Enforcement Division will provide information on operating multiple license...
First Adult-Use Marijuana Payments Distributed to Michigan Municipalities, Counties
The Michigan Department of Treasury is distributing nearly $10 million to more than 100 municipalities and counties as a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. This week, 38 cities, seven villages, 21 townships and 38 counties began...
Michigan Cannabis Companies Are Developing New Ways Of Categorizing Their Products for Consumers
Gorilla Glue? Pineapple Express? OG Kush? Purple Haze? What were they smoking when they named some of these strains? For the uninitiated, navigating the sometimes wacky world of strain names can make you feel like you're already high. In recent years, however,...
Cannabis-Infused Beverage Sales Up 40 Percent, Helped By Consumers Seeking Convenient Products
Sales of cannabis-infused beverages were up 40% last year, as companies sought to capitalize on new marijuana consumers seeking a familiar form of consumption and those looking for an alternative to alcoholic drinks. Marijuana beverage companies, for example, have...
MedMen Co-Founders Bierman, Modlin Return To Cannabis Industry With Different California Company
Less than a year after being ousted from leadership posts at California-based MedMen Enterprises, former CEO Adam Bierman and ex-President Andrew Modlin have found a route back into the legal marijuana industry – working for a separate cannabis company...
Alpena Council To Allow More Medical Marijuana Shops
The Alpena Municipal Council is working to remove a cap on how many medical marijuana provisioning centers can operate in the city. Council members voted 3-2 to direct city staff to draft an ordinance that would undo the limit, with Mike Nowak and Danny Mitchell...
Recreational Cannabis Blends Into Small-Town Michigan
More than two years after recreational marijuana was approved by Michigan voters, and 15 months after recreational marijuana shops began to open across the state, dozens of smaller, often rural communities are betting big on pot, even as some larger cities have been...
Michigan’s Short’s Brewing, Skymint Partner To Make Moscow Mule Gummies
In celebration of National Moscow Mule Day, two Michigan favorites teamed up again to bring a fusion gummy bursting with flavor and packing a buzz that hits shelves Wednesday. Short's Brewing Co. and Skymint premiered a new lime and ginger gummy infused with THC...
Four20 Post: We Explore Michigan’s Social Equity Program With People Of Color
On Four20Post at 1 pm March 3, the focus will be on Michigan’s Cannabis Social Equity Program that seeks to make it easier for people of color to own cannabis-related businesses, such as provisioning centers, grow facilities and more. Joining Michigan Marijuana Report...
