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4/20 is Coming
The holiday always stokes robust sales. But this year’s 4/20? It’s gonna be big. We anticipate more than $100 million in sales on pot’s big day, making it the largest…
Read MoreA More Conservative View of Canadian Cannabis Market Growth
Our research on the roll-out of adult-use legalization in Canada, published today in the Cannabis Intelligence Briefing titled Canada Leads the Way on Global Cannabis Legalization, is the first research…
Read MorePharmaceutical Versus Dispensary Cannabinoids Competition
Epidiolex Approval Queues Up Pharmaceutical Versus Dispensary Cannabinoids Competition Pharmaceutical cannabinoids have been around since the 1980s in synthetic or semi-synthetic form for the treatment of nausea related to cancer,…
Read MoreThe 2018 California Cannabis Marketplace in Review
By the time it drew to a close, California’s first year of legal adult-use cannabis had matured into an industry behemoth. With $2.51 billion in sales during 2018 alone, California…
Read MoreTop 10 Trends in Cannabis for 2019 (Mid-Year Update)
–Updated August 2019– It’s that time where we look ahead into 2019 to establish this year’s cannabis trends. To jump start the process, we dove deep into last year’s retail…
Read MoreWhat Was Hot in Pot in 2018: Top 10 Cannabis Product Trends
When Colorado kicked-off legal adult-use cannabis sales in the United States in 2014, unbranded flower fully dominated the marketplace, capturing more than 60 percent of all sales. Concentrates, edibles and…
Read MoreBDS Analytics’ Top 10 Cannabis Market Trends for 2018 (UPDATED 11/16)
Make sure to check out our year-end recap of the Top 10 Cannabis Product Trends. Click to read. Legalization changes everything. And in 2018, legalization of cannabis, both for medical…
Read MoreToday’s Edibles Marketplace – Mouth Watering Options Abound
With companies creating everything from sleep-enhancing pills to brownies, butters, carbonated lemon-lime drinks and bags of caramel corn, the edibles marketplace is the most dynamic marketplace within cannabis. It’s not…
Read MoreTop 10 Ways People Are Consuming Cannabis in 2018
How many products contain cannabis? Hundreds. Flower – of course – and pre-rolls. Vape pens and concentrates like shatter and Live Resin. Creams and massage oils. Chocolate chip cookies, coffee…
Read MoreFlower, Where Have You Gone?
The recently launched industry intelligence publication, The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, 6th Edition, points out in its sweeping analysis of worldwide cannabis markets one trend that is likely to continue —…
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