A Modern Makeover: Garden of Eden
For more than a decade, Garden of Eden resided in a nondescript building with mirrored windows and no signage. The utilitarian digs didn’t hamper...
How Dispensary Product Displays Can Help Increase Sales
Visibility is an undeniably vital aspect of successful branding. After all, how can you convert a sale if the customer is unaware of your product's...
What Was Hot in Pot Retail in 2018? (Infographic)
To figure out what's really going to resonate in cannabis retail in 2019, it's smart to take a quick look back. And BDS Analytics...
New Packaging Paradigms: Judging a Cannabis Product by Its Cover
Two thousand eighteen was the Year of the Package for the cannabis industry, for several reasons: Packaging compliance in many states changed radically, product...
Track-and-Trace Systems Are Still Working Out the Kinks
As a relatively new industry with unique needs, cannabis is at the forefront of technology, creating devices and software to advance efficiencies for cultivators,...
Putting on the Glitz: Cannabis Retail Adds Bling and Smarts to the Menu
When the Jardin cannabis dispensary opened in Las Vegas in 2016, discerning customers might have noticed something different about the weed shopping experience. Maybe...
How to Create Great Packaging in 4,952 Easy Steps
YOU have a cannabis product. It needs to be packaged. Sounds simple enough. So, you find some container to stick it in, slap on...
Sustainable Products Deserve Sustainable Packaging
“Sustainable” isn’t the word that comes to mind when one drives through certain areas of the Pacific Northwest, seeing firsthand the swaths of clear-cut...
Zen Leaf Illinois: Making a Buck and Making a Difference
Newsman Tom Brokaw once said “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” Thanks to undertaking a series...
All Dressed Up: Cannabis Packaging Goes Glam
Product packaging is a delicate blend of art, science, and technology. Not only must the container protect consumer goods during storage, shipping, and distribution,...