MariMed Adds New Post-Guidance Growth

July 16, 2024
Tom Hymes
Multiple State Operators, News & Insights
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While the dog days of summer are certainly upon us, and the fate of the cannabis industry remains shrouded in political and legal uncertainty, deals are still being made, state regulators are doing their work, and new growth opportunities are…

Curaleaf’s ‘The Hemp Company’ Delivers with DoorDash (UPDATED)

June 24, 2024
Tom Hymes
Delivery Service, Hemp Industry News, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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Curaleaf announced several launches on Monday, all of them related to hemp-derived THC products that are ostensibly compliant with the 2018 Farm Bill. First, Curaleaf announced the launch of an “all-new line of hemp derived THC products under its Select…

The Expanding Tao of Shangri-La

June 12, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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The fictional Shangri-La was a hidden valley tucked into the western end of Tibet’s Kunlun Mountains; a mystical paradise isolated from the world. For brothers Nevil and Kepal Patel, however, Shangri-La means the opposite of isolation. Instead, they are in…

Cannabist CEO David Hart on ‘Sweating the Assets’

February 20, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Cannabis Business Executive has covered New York-based Columbia Care (NEO: CBST) (OTCQX: CBSTF) (FSE: 3LP) many times over the years, including lengthy profiles in late 2021 with co-founder Nicholas Vita, and in September of last year with then Chief Commercial…

Columbia Care Picks Up the Pieces Post-Cresco

September 12, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It is almost an understatement to say that a lot has happened to New York-based Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) since Cannabis Business Executive last profiled the company in November 2021. Four months after that story…

Big Weed Is on the Brink of a Multi-Million Dollar Surge into New York’s Cannabis Market

New York promised to put independent businesses at the heart of the legal pot industry. Now major medical marijuana companies are making their play amid the state’s stalled retail launch. In early 2017, there might not have been a flashier…

Chicago weed giant Cresco Labs claims in suit that competitor GTI poached a top-level employee

August 2, 2023
AggregatedNews
HR and Staffing, Multiple State Operators
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A lawsuit filed this week in Cook County court claims a Cresco chemist resigned in May and quickly joined GTI, in violation of a one-year non-compete agreement. Cresco Labs and Green Thumb Industries have been fierce rivals since Illinois issued…

A pot brand quietly backed by Gwyneth Paltrow is dominating California

July 19, 2023
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Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights
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California’s legal weed market is in a bad place. Prices are plummeting, sales are declining, and most people expect things to only get worse. Yet, somehow, Gwyneth Paltrow appears to be overcoming the terrible odds and is quietly dominating California’s cannabis market. Yes, the same…

Verano COO Darren Weiss Talks About How the Company is Navigating a Tight Capital Market

May 11, 2023
Brian MacIver
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, Uncategorized
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In its Q1 2023 earnings report announced on May 10, multi-state operator Verano Holdings presented an image of a company that has been navigating difficult market conditions with intention. As it tightened its belt on selling, general, and administrative (SG&A)…

MariMed CEO Jon Levine and the Making of a Cinderella Story

March 27, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Norwood, Massachusetts-based MariMed Inc. (MRMD; OTCQX) underwent a profound loss in December of last year with the unexpected passing of Bob Fireman, its co-founder and chief executive and a man who, as I quickly learned during an interview in December…

Jim Belushi Serenades NECANN Keynote Audience

March 13, 2023
Tom Hymes
Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Perhaps to calm his own nerves or those of the audience that came to hear his keynote address Saturday afternoon at NECANN in Boston, Jim Belushi of Belushi’s Farm and numerous other vocations pulled out a harmonica before he even…

Should Cannabis Operators Prepare for Federalization in 2023? Not so fast…

February 8, 2023
Dave McManus
Accounting, Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Multiple State Operators
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The Administration took bold steps last year that signaled an openness to federalizing cannabis. Plenty of speculation has followed, and it seems clear that the federal market could open soon. My perspective is that 2023 is not the year, and…

The Flower Shop Looks Beyond Arizona and Utah

November 17, 2022
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Arizona-based TFS Brands, aka The Flower Shop, began life as SKY Dispensaries in 2017 only to rebrand to its current name in 2019 following the promotion of Greta Brandt from General Counsel to her current role as President of the…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Buy Cannabis Operations in New York, Two Other States for Up to $185 Million

November 4, 2022
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Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights
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Hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur is acquiring marijuana assets to be divested in merger of Cresco Labs and Columbia Care Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to purchase licensed marijuana operations in three states for up to $185 million, adding a new business…

All About the Execution: A Conversation with Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin

October 24, 2022
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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With over 6000 employees, 144 dispensaries, and over 2,200 wholesale dispensary accounts across 21 states, and counting, Curaleaf is an MSO in constant motion, launching new stores here, buying new companies there, expanding its footprint not only nationally but internationally…

MariMed Adds New Post-Guidance Growth

Curaleaf’s ‘The Hemp Company’ Delivers with DoorDash (UPDATED)

The Expanding Tao of Shangri-La

Cannabist CEO David Hart on ‘Sweating the Assets’

Columbia Care Picks Up the Pieces Post-Cresco

Big Weed Is on the Brink of a Multi-Million Dollar Surge into New York’s Cannabis Market

Chicago weed giant Cresco Labs claims in suit that competitor GTI poached a top-level employee

A pot brand quietly backed by Gwyneth Paltrow is dominating California

Verano COO Darren Weiss Talks About How the Company is Navigating a Tight Capital Market

MariMed CEO Jon Levine and the Making of a Cinderella Story

Jim Belushi Serenades NECANN Keynote Audience

Should Cannabis Operators Prepare for Federalization in 2023? Not so fast…

The Flower Shop Looks Beyond Arizona and Utah

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Buy Cannabis Operations in New York, Two Other States for Up to $185 Million

All About the Execution: A Conversation with Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin

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