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Distillate Vape Cartridges Help Boost September Sales

September was good to the cannabis industry in Colorado, with record-high sales of $136.63 million according to cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. September and strong cannabis sales go together — last year September was the No. 1 month for…

Balms Overtake Topicals Market

November 7, 2017
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As the legal cannabis market matures, products that in the past barely existed become more mainstream, with multiple brands, plenty of shelf space and enthusiastic consumers. Relatively high-tech concentrates like shatter and wax (compared, for example, to old-school concentrates like…

Growth Slowdown in Colorado

October 30, 2017
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Month-over-month growth for the cannabis industry in Colorado has been strong since January 2015, the first month for which we had historical data to measure growth. That month, for example, saw growth of 36 percent compared to January 2014, according…

Solid Growth in Tinctures Market

People working in cannabis spend a fair bit of time talking about vape pens, flower trends and gummies, and for good reason — together, these pieces of the cannabis puzzle represent a healthy chunk of sales. But dispensary shelves groan with…

Medical and Rec Markets in CO and OR: Essential Business Intelligence

October 16, 2017
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In states that support both medical and recreational cannabis marketplaces, sales in the different channels both reflect each other and diverge. For cannabis industry stakeholders, understanding sales trends and consumer behavior in the different channels is essential business intelligence. First,…

Oregonians’ Taste in Edibles Evolving

October 9, 2017
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The bakers and confectioners, cooks, tincture-wizards and chocolatiers in Oregon who infuse their treats with weed don’t have it easy. One month, the pot consumers of the Beaver State go nuts for bars of chocolate, but then they pivot to…

California Prices High for Legal Cannabis

October 3, 2017
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California's decades-long reputation as an international cannabis growing powerhouse suggests prices for flower should be cheap. The logic: With enormous outdoor grows in the Emerald Triangle pumping out so much Blue Dream, Jack Herer and Gorilla Glue, the marketplace must…

Potent Demand for Vapes in California

Passion for vapes in California was already strong in March. And by July, just four months later, it had grown even more potent. The latest data from data analytics firm BDS Analytics reveals that market share for vapes within the…

Sweet News for Candy Edibles

September 19, 2017
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Among edibles styles, candy continues to rise in popularity in California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. The rise of the category, which includes gummies, caramels, hard candy and other products, has been steady through July of this year, with the category…

Californians are Enthused for Infused

A little boost with that joint? The question isn’t common in other states with big legal cannabis marketplaces, like Colorado, Washington and Oregon. But in California it might be the budtender equivalent of the cafe question, “Cream with your coffee?”…

Distillate on the Rise for Vapes

September 6, 2017
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The concentrates category booms in Colorado, Washington and Oregon, with no signs of flowing down. Within the world of concentrates, one category — vapes — eclipses all others, in terms of growth. In one state, Oregon, vape sales absolutely dominate…

Labor Day is The Premiere Cannabis Holiday

Sales of cannabis fluctuate throughout the year across Colorado, Washington and Oregon, with individual days, like Fridays, serving as most weeks' sales summits, and holidays like July 4 and of course 4/20 boosting cannabis sales significantly. But while 4/20 receives…

4/20 Redux

The 4/20 holiday garners a lot of media attention and promotional hype, but does it live up to its reputation as a blockbuster sales event? The actual day, April 20, does generate quite a bit of sales. On 4/20 this…

The Year in Oregon Edibles

Oregon cannabis consumers needed medical licenses to purchase edibles until June of last year, when the state permitted the sale of edibles to recreational consumers. So with fresh data from Oregon for June of this year from cannabis market research…

Flower’s Dominance Fluctuates

Sales of flower — everything from grams of Blue Dream to ounces of generic hybrid blends — dominate in all states with legal recreational marijuana, compared to other categories like concentrates, edibles and topicals. During the first quarter of 2017…