Fed's Rate Pause Still Squeezes Cash-Strapped Cannabis Operators
The Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady this week lands at an awkward moment for an industry that already borrows at a premium. Cannabis retailers and multi-state operators don't
Conduction Vaporizer Makers Face Growth Test Amid Compliance Patchwork
Persistence Market Research puts the global conduction vaporizer market at US$2.3 billion in 2026, climbing to US$3.7 billion by 2033 on a 6.9% compound annual growth rate. That's steady expansion,
The former Cornell student who alleges she was drugged and raped by seven members of a fraternity on the school's Ithaca, N.Y., campus in October 2024, wrote in a letter to faculty leadership that the university's president expressed doubt in her account
The topic submitted - allegations of sexual assault at Cornell University and the university president's disputed comments to faculty leadership - falls outside the scope of cannabis retail,
UPS Tightens Hemp Shipping Rules Ahead of Federal Deadline
Hemp operators who rely on the mail to move product have a compliance problem on their hands, and it's arriving fast. A federal deadline set for Dec. 11 will reshape what counts as legal hemp, and so
Green Thumb Expands Florida Footprint With Belleview Dispensary Opening
Green Thumb Industries is opening its 26th Florida dispensary in Belleview, a small Marion County city just south of Ocala along U.S. Highway 441. The store, operating under the company's RISE
Cresco Labs Sets November Earnings Date Amid Stock Slide
Cresco Labs will report third-quarter 2026 results on November 6, before the market opens, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET, the company confirmed through Business Wire on October
Cannabis Testing Labs Sit on Unused Data That Could Prevent Failures
Cannabis testing labs operate under some of the tightest compliance pressure in the industry - state-mandated potency testing, pesticide screening, microbial analysis, all of it feeding into the
Cannabis Operators Turn to AI to Make Sense of Mounting Data
Every licensed cannabis business is, whether it realizes it or not, sitting on a pile of data big enough to run circles around most retail sectors. Seed-to-sale tracking, METRC reporting,
Dispensary Operators Weigh Data Migration Before Switching POS Systems
A point-of-sale rollout is never really about the terminals. It's about everything feeding into them - customer records, product catalogs, rewards balances, payment rails, and the people who have to
Editorial Note: Topic Mismatch Prevents Cannabis Trade Coverage
The source material provided for this assignment concerns a political dispute between President Trump and Senator Tom Cotton over daylight saving time legislation. This story, as reported, has no