Weed news and trends

Colorado Smokes Up $120M In Cannabis Sales In November
Regulation // January 12, 2018

Consumer interest in cannabis continues to rise in Colorado, where marijuana shops saw an increase of nearly 10 percent in sales between 2016 and 2017, The Cannabist reported. The shops took in a haul of nearly $120 million in sales of recreational and medical cannabis...

Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally
Merchant Innovation // August 10, 2017

In real estate and in retail, location is everything. Malls operated on that theory for years: Put a few anchor stores in to draw foot traffic and the smaller ancillary stores feast on the revenue rewards of being close by. Of course the inverse effect...

Two Cases Against Pot Regulators May Be The First Of Their Kind
Legal // June 22, 2017

Even in the budding marijuana industry, government corruption can rear its ugly head if two recent cases in Colorado and Washington are any indication. According to a report, news spread that the two states are home to the first known cases of current or ex pot...

Cannabis Startups Expected To Boost Warehouse Rents In Boston, L.A.
Real Estate // June 08, 2017

Industrial rents in already-expensive cities like Los Angeles and Boston are expected to get a boost because of weed startups, according to Bloomberg Markets. Space in those cities will be snapped up as part of a wave of pot legalization that was set in motion when eight...

Quick Reads
Congress Receives Petition To Make Cannabis Banking Legal

January 17, 2018
Congress has a new petition to review: This one is from a bipartisan group of 18 attorneys general from states that have legalized recreational and medical marijuana and would like access to banking in the industry. According to a TechCrunch report, because marijuana is still considered an illegal substance on the federal level, the banking […]

Colorado Smokes Up $120M In Cannabis Sales In November

January 12, 2018
Consumer interest in cannabis continues to rise in Colorado, where marijuana shops saw an increase of nearly 10 percent in sales between 2016 and 2017, The Cannabist reported. The shops...

Two Cases Against Pot Regulators May Be The First Of Their Kind

June 22, 2017
Even in the budding marijuana industry, government corruption can rear its ugly head if two recent cases in Colorado and Washington are any indication. According to a report, news spread...

Cannabis Startups Expected To Boost Warehouse Rents In Boston, L.A.

June 08, 2017
Industrial rents in already-expensive cities like Los Angeles and Boston are expected to get a boost because of weed startups, according to Bloomberg Markets. Space in those cities will be snapped up...