Attracting and Keeping Top Cannabis Talent: 4 Experts Share Their Tips

"A 'war for talent' has been heating up, but we expect it to really intensify in the coming years," says one. Here, how to make your company stand out. What perks and incentives do workers seek? There is too much emphasis on perks, and that often distracts from what really matters. Too many companies are trying to leverage perks over...

Plan for Success with an Editorial Calendar

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Happy New Year! Are you ready to achieve PR success in 2020? While many companies engage in the year ahead planning process at the end of the previous year, don’t panic if you still need to finalize your 2020 plans. There is still time to organize your PR strategies and tactics for the year, and the best way to...

iAnthus Announces Opening of Dispensary in Florida

NEW YORK and TORONTO – iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc ("iAnthus" or the "Company") (CSE: IAN, OTCQX: ITHUF), which owns, operates, and partners with best-in-class regulated cannabis operations across the United States, is pleased to announce the opening of its GrowHealthy dispensary in Stuart, Florida. This brings the Company's total number of dispensaries in Florida to twelve and its system-wide...

Cannabis Causes Controversy at CES Trade Show

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LAS VEGAS – Iconic tech trade show, the Consumer Electronics Show or CES, which is owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association, seems to be challenged by keeping up with technology developed for controversial and popular product trends, like cannabis. Media reports said Canadian cannabis container start-up Keep Labs has dropped out of the show, rather than comply...

4Front Ventures Launches Adult-Use Cannabis Sales at Mission in Chicago

VANCOUVER and PHOENIX – 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Chicago Mission dispensary opened to adult-use clientele at 6 a.m. on January 1, 2020, with an overwhelming response from its customer base. The strong demand persisted throughout the weekend. In the first five days of adult use, the...

Cookies Now Available in Maryland through Culta

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BALTIMORE – Culta is proud to announce that it will be the first East Coast retailer to offer Cookies' cannabis products. Cookies' strains, Cereal Milk, Cheetah Piss, Gary Payton, Gelato 42, Georgia Pie, and The Soap, will be available to Maryland medical cannabis patients on January 11, 2020, at 10 a.m., at Culta's flagship store, located at 215 Key...

Candre Cannabis, Dope Automation Partner to Provide Co-Packaging Services

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CALGARY – Candre Cannabis Inc. ("Candre") and Dope Automation Ltd. ("Dope") have entered into a partnership to develop and implement a co-packaging center of excellence focused on cannabis pre-rolls. Based at Candre's fully licensed Calyptra Cultivation Inc. ("Calyptra") facility in Sundre, Alberta, the partnership will be one of the first between a Canadian Licensed Producer and a Canadian dealer/distributor...

SLANG Worldwide Brings Medical Cannabis Products to Ohio

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TORONTO – SLANG Worldwide Inc. (CNSX: SLNG), (Frankfurt: 84S), ("SLANG" or the "Company"), a global leader in the cannabis consumer packaged goods sector with a vast portfolio of popular brands distributed in over 2,600 stores across the United States, today announced that it is expanding into the Ohio medical cannabis market by the entering into of a licensing agreement...

Curaleaf Wins Medical Retail License in Utah

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WAKEFIELD, Mass. – Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA / OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States, today announced that it has received a Notice of Intent to Award a medical cannabis retail license from the Utah Department of Health. "Curaleaf is proud to have been selected as a recipient of a...

Canopy Growth Corporation to Open More Tokyo Smoke Stores in Ontario

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SMITHS FALLS, Ontario – Tokyo Smoke, Canopy Growth Corporation's ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company") (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) award-winning retail brand, is proud to announce that it will be working with a total of ten recently-announced Ontario retail licence holders to open new Tokyo Smoke branded retail cannabis stores across the province. In addition to the five locations announced in...