Green Thumb Industries Archives - Cannabis Business Executive

GTI Has High Hopes for Maryland

Two weeks from now, Maryland will begin adult-use sales of cannabis for the first time and as with other states that have integrated recreational sales into an existing medical cannabis market, there is a great deal of excitement among existing…

Teamsters plan to strike at three Rise cannabis stores on the eve of 4/20 pot festivities

The Teamsters plan to strike at three marijuana retail shops in the Chicago region on the eve of April 20, or 4/20, an informal holiday for cannabis consumers. Local 777 announced Tuesday that more than 100 workers intend to go…

Edible Arrangements v. Green Thumb Industries: Voluntary Dismissal, For Now

By Jihee Awn, Attorney at Harris Bricken We regularly cover intellectual property disputes on the blog, and the Edible Arrangements v. Green Thumb Industries trademark infringement case is one we covered two years ago when filed. Since then, this case…

Pot Stocks Are Flying High Again. It’s Not Just Reddit.

Some of the retail traders on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum who helped spark GameStop stock’s brief parabolic pop have set their sights on public cannabis companies. Canadian grower Tilray (ticker: TLRY) jumped about 51% on Wednesday. Aphria (APHA), which has a deal to merge with Tilray, was up only…

Beyond Massachusetts, states struggle to limit marijuana behemoths

Massachusetts is not the only state struggling to limit the dominance of large marijuana companies. Maryland bars companies from owning more than one store, but several companies have publicly said they have multiple outlets there. In what seems like an…

Legalized Cannabis Remains a Burning Topic for Employers

With the possibility of legalized cannabis under federal law in the coming years, workplace policy changes are also in question. The legalization of cannabis isn’t an “if” but a “when” issue for employers in most states. While its legalization creates…

7 Marijuana Companies That Could Win the American Market

As more and more states legalize marijuana, American companies are racing to establish multi-state cannabis empires. It is still illegal under federal law, so exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq aren’t an option for these outfits. Seven…

U.S. Marijuana Companies Go Public in Canada

Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition to grow its marijuana business. What the Chicago-based company didn’t have was access to enough capital to make it all happen. So last month, the company with $20…

Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Industry Leaders as Founding Board Members

July 25, 2018
Press Release
On the Move, Policy & Legal, Press Releases
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PRESS RELEASE New Organization to Focus on Passing the STATES Act, Hires Industry Veteran Neal Levine as CEO WASHINGTON, D.C. (07/25/18) – The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) proudly announced 14 founding board members today, building on the organization’s initial formation just…

Trends in Dispensary Operations and What Owners Watch For

December 26, 2017
David Hodes
Retail
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As the cannabis industry matures in different ways in different states, how does a cannabis store operator figure out what to do in the midst a dynamic customer-centric part of this industry? How do they work with the variables of…