Retail

A Virginia House panel voted down two bills this week that sought to establish regulations for retail cannabis sales in the state.

Massachusetts’ total cannabis sales since the state’s 2018 launch of the adult-use marketplace have now surpassed $4 billion.

New York’s second cannabis dispensary and first shop owned by an entrepreneur who was previously criminalized for a cannabis-related offense is set to open next Tuesday in Manhattan.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is nearly set to commence medical cannabis sales in North Carolina after delivering a resolution outlining its plan to state lawmakers.

Delta-8 THC products have generated nearly $2 billion in revenue over the last two years.

Connecticut dispensaries sold $359,130 worth of cannabis products on the opening day of the state’s regulated adult-use market.

Arizona dispensaries sold $84.5 million worth of adult-use cannabis products in October 2022, a new monthly record for the state.

Connecticut has launched its regulated adult-use cannabis market with nine retail dispensaries opening across the state on Tuesday.

Illinois cannabis dispensaries sold more than $1.55 billion worth of adult-use cannabis in 2022, a new record for the state.

Adult-use cannabis sales by Maine dispensaries nearly doubled last year from 2021 — the state’s first full year of sales — to just under $159 million.

Multiple Oregon cannabis farmers claim they are owned tens of thousands of dollars by Chalice Brands for cannabis flower, pre-rolls, edibles, and other products retailed by the brand from its multiple dispensaries.

New Mexico cannabis dispensaries broke yet another monthly sales record in December after recording $28 million in adult-use and $15.1 million in medical sales.

New York’s first licensed adult-use cannabis shop — operated by Housing Works, a charitable nonprofit in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood — is officially set to open next week.

Cannabis shops in New Jersey reported $116,572,533 in third-quarter cannabis sales and more than $177 million if medical sales are included.

Following nearly a decade of sales growth capped by a significant pandemic-related surge, regulated cannabis sales in Washington have slowed this year for the first time.

Amid a significant and ongoing decline in consumer cannabis prices, Massachusetts this week witnessed the first closure of an adult-use dispensary since the state’s legal cannabis market launched in 2018.

Cherokee medical cannabis company Qualla Enterprises LLC will receive $63 million to increase staffing and build new facilities following a recent Tribal Council vote.

Rhode Island cannabis dispensaries sold about $1.6 million worth of combined medical and adult-use cannabis during the state’s first week of regulated recreational sales.

Welcome to the first installment of our 2023 Cannabis Industry Predictions series, featuring the voices and opinions of experts in cannabis retail, branding, education, and consumer packaged goods.

Connecticut regulators said three of the state’s four medical cannabis producers have finished converting to a hybrid adult-use license and that sales should launch by early next year.

Thieves made off with boxes of fake gummies and display packaging during a botched dispensary burglary last week in Portland, Maine.

New York officials have awarded the state’s first adult-use cannabis licenses, prioritizing individuals who were disproportionately affected by the damages of prohibition.

The first two social equity cannabis retailers in Chicago have opened for business in the last week.