Retail & Brands
How leading cannabis retailers and brands design, market, and scale in regulated markets.
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- Clinical Research
SOMAÍ and Universidade Lusófona Publish Peer-Reviewed Study Validating Full-Spectrum Oil Consistency
SOMAÍ, a leading EU-GMP-certified vertically integrated Multi-Country Operator (MCO) specialising in cannabinoid-based medicines, together with Universidade Lusófona, has published their 4th peer-reviewed study titled “Genotype and chemotype insights of high-THC medicinal Cannabis sativa L.: the role of SSR markers in the identification of cultivars” in the Journal of Cannabis Research.
- CBD Market
CBD Company Founder Wins £137k Unfair Dismissal Award Amid Cannim Group Collapse
Last month, international cannabis operator Cannim collapsed, calling in administrators to sift through the company’s remaining assets and attempt to find tens of millions of dollars to satisfy its increasingly frustrated creditors.
- Medical Cannabis
Curaleaf Laboratories Enters Strategic Partnership with ANTG to Manufacture and Distribute Medicinal Cannabis Products in the UK
Curaleaf Laboratories, one of the UK’s leading providers of medicinal cannabis products, is pleased to announce a landmark partnership with Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (ANTG), one of Australia’s most respected producers of pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis.
- Medical Cannabis
SOMAÍ Adds International Lifestyle Brand Cookies to Global Medical Cannabis Markets
Cookies, the most globally recognised cannabis brand, is entering global medical markets with a full extract portfolio through a strategic partnership with SOMAÍ, a leading EU-GMP-certified vertically integrated Multi-Country Operator (MCO).
- Industry Trends
New York Cannabis Retailers Push Back on $30m Product Recall and ‘Rent-a-Licence’ Scandal
Oregon-based edibles company Grön has weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding New York’s so-called ‘rent-a-licence’ scandal.
- Retail & Brands
Are Rival’s Challenges to High Tide’s German Entry About Compliance Or Competition?
Last month, one of Canada’s largest cannabis retailers, High Tide, thrust its way into the booming German medical cannabis market by acquiring a majority stake in Remexian Pharma GmbH in a deal worth over €27m.
- M&A Activity
Barney’s Farm Terminates Landmark Merger With Sensi Seeds & Ilgm Amid Accusations of Failed Payments
Dutch seed bank Barney’s Farm, one of the leading names in the global consumer cannabis seeds market, has backed out of a landmark merger with Sensi Seeds and US firm I Love Growing Marijuana (ILGM).
- Legal Analysis
Switzerland Plans for a Single Online Cannabis Retailer: What Will This Mean for its Upcoming Adult-Use Market?
Switzerland’s draft cannabis plan proposes a single online retailer, raising opportunities and risks as it pursues Europe’s first adult-use market.
- Retail & Brands
New York Cannabis Regulator’s ‘Catastrophic’ Blunder Threatens Over 100 Businesses
Over 100 legal New York cannabis dispensaries could be forced to relocate following a monumental blunder from the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM).









