C3 Industries Opens 4th Michigan Dispensary
C3 Industries opened its fourth High Profile brand dispensary on July 15 in Buchanan in southwest Michigan near the Indiana border. Two months ago, C3 Industries opened another dispensary in Grant. The company, co-owned by two University of Michigan alumni,...
iHemp Hour: CBD Retailing With Lori Putt
Growing hemp is one challenge. Setting up product development and distribution is another set of challenges. Lori Putt learned some hard lessons growing hops before the 2019 rush to grow CBD. Hang Over Hops became HOH Hempnotize and she became active with iHemp...
Michigan Cannabis Industry Licensed To Grow More Than 500,000 Plants
A rapidly growing number of marijuana plants are reaching toward high-wattage grow lights across Michigan. This has resulted in slowly decreasing retail prices for both medical and recreational marijuana. The price reductions come following a spike after the opening...
Cannabis Sales See Short-Term COVID-19 Spike
Legal cannabis sales surged to new highs in some states even as COVID-19 caused record unemployment levels and billions in lost income. Experts at Anderson Economic Group, who have tracked legal cannabis demand through the AndCan® Index since 2015, suspect this short-...
Biden’s Marijuana Plan Out Of Step With Public
Marijuana policy recommendations promulgated this week by the Joe Biden campaign fall well short of the changes necessary to adequately address the historic and ongoing failures of federal cannabis prohibition. Specifically, the plan calls for...
Ohio Senate Votes To Expand Marijuana Decriminalization To Cover 200 Grams
The Ohio Senate has approved a bill to double the amount of marijuana that is decriminalized in the state and reduce criminal penalties for many other drug crimes. Following months of delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, the measure cleared both a committee and the...
Treez: Improving the Brand-Retailer Connection
In most other markets, retailers and brands are able to develop co-beneficial partnerships based on their ability to share information. Sephora, the world’s leading specialty beauty retailer, shares point-of-sale and inventory details with supplier brands, allowing...
Exclusive Brands To Distribute Platinum Vapes, Church Products In Michigan
Exclusive Brands will be the exclusive distributor of Platinum Vapes and Church products in the state of Michigan. The partnerships are additions to the company's portfolio of brands that are available at various price-points, reinforcing Exclusive’s mission of making...
Michigan Family Adapts Pharmacy, Toy Store Experience To Cannabis Business
When Aric Klar was 8 years old, his parents gave him a little space in their family-owned pharmacies to flex his entrepreneurial muscles and sell whatever he wanted. A four-foot section of Beanie Babies eventually evolved into a 3,000-square-foot toy store in West...
Grand Rapids Could Soon Allow Adult-Use Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries
Recreational marijuana dispensaries in Grand Rapids may open months ahead of schedule. The city commission voted in March to delay until Oct. 20 the application process for dispensaries and other recreational cannabis businesses. But now commissioners plan to...
