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- Adult-Use
Tokyo Smoke will meet you at the mall
Canadian retailer Tokyo Smoke is coming to several malls Ontario this fall, with stores opening in seven Cadillac Fairview properties like Toronto’s Eaton Centre and Ottawa’s Rideau Centre, as well as suburban shopping centres like Sherway Gardens and Fairview Mall, reports Retail Insider.
- Cannabis Daily News
Is this Canada’s first legit lounge?
Entrepreneur Laura Bradley’s beachside cannabis consumption lounge in Grand Bend, Ontario is being called the province’s first in the London Free Press.
- Cannabis Daily News
How the grass may actually be greener in cannabis retail
While restaurateurs are struggling to find workers, there are signs that at least some former servers and kitchen staff have moved on to greener pastures: Cannabis retail, according to a report from NOW Magazine.
- Adult-Use
Weedmaps, Kevin Durant team up to dunk on stigma
Hot off the release of its new weed-finding app, Weedmaps announced they’re teaming up with NBA superstar Kevin Durant in an effort to fight the stigma associated with cannabis consumption, according to a release.
- Adult-Use
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em at the NY State Fair: Officials
New York’s State Fair kicks off this Friday, and things are a little different this year.
- Policy & Regulation
Tilray inches closer to the US with MedMen deal
In what they’re touting as their entry point into US cannabis when it’s federally legal, Tilray announced it has acquired a “majority position” in retailer MedMen in a creative deal that CEO Irwin Simon said could lead to a future acquisition.
- CBD Market
GTI’s Ben Kovler thumbs his nose at Canadian ambitions
Tilray, Aurora and other Canadian players say they are fixated on scooping up US cannabis assets, but Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries’ Ben Kovler is having none of it.
- Cannabis Daily News
How RIV is planning to spend their $320 million
After securing a cool $150 million investment from Scotts Miracle-Gro subsidiary the Hawthorne Collective earlier this month, RIV Capital — formerly known as Canopy Rivers before cutting ties with Canopy Growth in February — CEO Narbe Alexandrian tells Insider what they’re planning to do with their $320 million war chest.
- Adult-Use
What does Cuomo’s resignation mean for New York cannabis?
Will New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s departure slow down the launch of legal adult-use cannabis sales in New York?
- Adult-Use
The Garden State wants cannabis — just not in their backyards
Despite overwhelmingly indicating that they wanted adult-use cannabis legalized in the state, nearly half of municipalities in New Jersey could opt out of the new legal program, reports Gothamist.
- Cannabis Daily News
Deals, deals, deals! The top 3 cannabis deals on our radar
Three companies are making big moves this week, demonstrating that — despite a rocky start to legalization north of the border and plenty of uncertainty south of it — there’s still lots to be excited about for the future of cannabis.
- Cultivation
Why Canada is sitting on a billion grams of surplus cannabis
How were Canada’s biggest cannabis companies valued so high, yet they’re sitting on billions of grams of unsold cannabis and many still haven’t turned a profit?
