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Cannabis Retail Compliance Starts at the Door

For cannabis retailers, compliance begins at the front door, long before a transaction takes place. ID-verification technology helps dispensaries do far more than confirm age. It also can reduce manual errors, support purchase-limit enforcement, strengthen audit trails, and safeguard sensitive customer information. As regulations grow more complex and multi-store operations become more common, scanners integrated with POS and compliance systems are becoming a core part of responsible retail management. In an industry where both regulators and consumers expect accountability, the systems handling identity checks increasingly shape how secure, consistent, and trustworthy the customer experience feels.
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Why Most Cannabis Tech Sucks (and What Retailers Should Demand Instead)

POS outages, robotic support, and surprise fees are killing cannabis retail. See why Cova was named 2025 Retail Software of the Year for reliability.
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Leadership: Where Style Meets Innovation

Of the many things we’ve learned about American cannabis consumers since the dawn of adult use, one of the most significant is they place...
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Where AI Meets the Human Touch

As we enter 2024, the industry stands at a crossroads where the march of technology meets the nuances of human expertise. Right now, we’re...
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The Changing Face of Ecommerce

The world changed in March 2020 when, in response to a killer pandemic that rapidly overwhelmed the American medical system, the United States literally...
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How to Allocate Your Cultivation Budget for Innovation

Since the start of legalization, the cannabis industry has expanded exponentially, introducing previously unimagined jobs like “cannabis public-relations rep” and “cannafluencer” to the world....
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Growing Legal Cannabis Starts with Transitioning Illicit Consumers

The fastest path to growth for legal cannabis is transitioning consumers from the illicit market. Retailers are the heartbeat of the cannabis industry, but...
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Alacer’s Velocity FinCrime Solutions Suite Strengthens its Cannabis Screening by Partnering with CRB Monitor’s...

BELLEVUE, Wash. --  The Alacer Group, a consulting and technology solutions company serving financial institutions, has entered a strategic partnership with CRB Monitor, a comprehensive and...

LeafLink Raises $100 Million, Announces Leadership Team Changes

NEW YORK --  LeafLink, the leading wholesale cannabis platform, announced it has secured a $100 million Series D financing led by CPMG, L2 Ventures and Nosara...
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Fire & Flower Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

TORONTO -- Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. ("Fire & Flower" or the "Company") (TSX: FAF) (OTCQX: FFLWF), a leading cannabis consumer retail and technology platform...

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