The Business of Cannabis

What’s Wrong With California’s Retail Cannabis Market?
All the states where cannabis is legal report monthly sales. All the states, except one, have had rising sales all year, even during, or especially during, the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. The one state reporting downward sales at the same time; California. Why?...
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Difference Between A Marijuana Dispensary And A Liquor Store
[Canniseur: If you love wine as I do, there really isn't a whole lot of difference between a wine shop and a dispensary. A wine shop is not a liquor store, although it sells alcoholic beverages. A dispensary should be called a cannabis shop and not a dispensary. A...
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Video: The Godmother of Ganja
[Canniseur: Lynette Shaw is a very important person in the normalization of cannabis. She's done so many things to help the acceptance of cannabis in our society. Take a few minutes to meet her in this video. Great music...
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Working on a Dream
[Canniseur: Legal cannabis cannot hope to compete with the black market until the laws and regulations governing production and distribution look more like the wine industry. As of this writing, California, as are most other states, is woefully behind working this out...
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Cannabis Comes Closer To Circle K
[Canniseur: If 7-11 is anti-cannabis because of some cultural craziness they have, we'll have to take our business to Circle K, which to my knowledge is mostly an east coast chain in the U.S., although I've seen some popping up in the midwest. 7-11 probably needs to...
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Recreational Cannabis Sales by Month in 2020 vs 2019
[Canniseur: Something is wrong with the numbers here. It's subtle, but there are some issues between states. As an example, The population of Colorado is around 5.75 million people. The population of Oregon is 4.2 million people. That's about a 25% difference. When...
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7-Eleven Is Waging War on Medical Cannabis Businesses in Oklahoma
[Canniseur: Japanese-owned (Texas-based) 7-11 has canceled leases for all Cannabis dispensaries in Oklahoma, with very little notice. The corporation is anti-cannabis and harshly pulled the plug for these small businesses. It's the abrupt canceling of leases and lying...
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Why Employee Training is Your Key to Financial Success
[Canniseur: Training is key in every industry. Why should cannabis be any different? I worked the corporate training industry for about 20 years and saw first-hand how companies got back 10-20 times their investment, including employee time. If you own a cannabis...
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Cannabis Sales Continue to Soar Through The Pandemic
[Canniseur: It's not surprising that cannabis sales are up during the time of COVID. And now, in several states, the economy would be helped by the addition of the revenue from legal cannabis. Oklahoma (in spite of the quality issues) seems to be going full-bore into...
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Oregon Marijuana Sales Spike During Pandemic, But Officials Expect Market To ‘Mellow’
[Canniseur: In all States with legal cannabis, dispensaries have been a shining light during this COVID-19 lockdown. Although economies all over the U.S. are hammered, cannabis is selling more than ever. Oregon is only one State, but I've read stories about all the...
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