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What drives a person to throw down sixty bucks for a single-use vape pen? Is it the look and feel of the product, the promise
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Top ten innovative dispensary designs
Opening a dispensary in today’s rapidly growing cannabis economy isn’t for the faint of heart. Where rigid drug laws once restricted the market, the current
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Colorado dispensaries showcase the latest in innovative retail design
Not so very long ago, a hasty sweep through a fluorescent-lit room with tinted windows was about the most memorable “retail experience” a cannabis shopper
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Hot Brands: Papa & Barkley Skincare
When the popular wellness company Papa & Barkley launched its new cannabis-infused skincare line back in March, the monstrosity we’ve come to call “2020” hadn’t
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Glimpse the future: Insights from mature markets
The process of transitioning a medical cannabis market to adult-use is not without steep learning curves. But Midwestern states preparing to make the big jump
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Missouri’s medical market may finally open, but where’s the weed?
No cannabis market rollout would be complete without its fair share of bureaucratic hurdles. But for Missouri’s medical market, unforeseen circumstances have transformed would-be hurdles
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The state of organic certification: Roadblocks to a cohesive system
For the average cannabis consumer, the question of whether their favorite “organic” edibles are even organic at all is uncomfortably familiar. And the answer may
The best in luxe branding
Kate Moore
January 25, 2021
What drives a person to throw down sixty bucks for a single-use vape pen? Is it the look and feel of the product, the promise of a first-rate experience, or a bit of both? Behind every upmarket branding effort is a laundry list of questions about human psychology.
Top ten innovative dispensary designs
Kate Moore
January 8, 2021
Opening a dispensary in today’s rapidly growing cannabis economy isn’t for the faint of heart. Where rigid drug laws once restricted the market, the current pervasiveness of cannabis is driving the need for increasingly specialized branding strategies. As such, savvy dispensaries are pushing the creative envelope beyond…
Colorado dispensaries showcase the latest in innovative retail design
Kate Moore
December 10, 2020
Not so very long ago, a hasty sweep through a fluorescent-lit room with tinted windows was about the most memorable “retail experience” a cannabis shopper could hope for. Thankfully, dispensaries in mature markets are opting to ditch the classic low-profile design aesthetic for…
Hot Brands: Papa & Barkley Skincare
Kate Moore
November 9, 2020
When the popular wellness company Papa & Barkley launched its new cannabis-infused skincare line back in March, the monstrosity we’ve come to call “2020” hadn’t yet hit its rampaging stride. But as momentum has gathered over the following months, so has…
Glimpse the future: Insights from mature markets
Kate Moore
October 6, 2020
The process of transitioning a medical cannabis market to adult-use is not without steep learning curves. But Midwestern states preparing to make the big jump don’t necessarily have to fly blind. Unlike established markets who’ve been charting unfamiliar territory…
Missouri’s medical market may finally open, but where’s the weed?
Kate Moore
September 30, 2020
No cannabis market rollout would be complete without its fair share of bureaucratic hurdles. But for Missouri’s medical market, unforeseen circumstances have transformed would-be hurdles into a series of walls. Though nearly two years have passed since…
The state of organic certification: Roadblocks to a cohesive system
Kate Moore
September 1, 2020
For the average cannabis consumer, the question of whether their favorite “organic” edibles are even organic at all is uncomfortably familiar. And the answer may be more complicated than a simple yes or no. A look at why official guarantees fall short…
