Senators Revive Bill to Shield Insurers Working With Cannabis Firms
A bipartisan pair of senators has filed legislation aimed at fixing one of the cannabis industry's quieter but costlier problems: the near-total absence of dependable commercial insurance. Sens.
Cannabis Retailers Fund Ferndale Mural to Support LGBTQ+ Youth
Two cannabis retailers just put their marketing dollars behind a public art project with a cause attached, and the move says something about how dispensary brands are trying to build community
Aging Consumers Emerge as Untapped Growth Segment for Cannabis Retailers
Michigan's cannabis industry has spent years chasing a shrinking margin problem - too much flower, too many licensed operators, and wholesale prices that keep sliding toward the floor. New federal
Pennsylvania Hemp Retailers Brace for Federal Crackdown on THC Drinks
A federal deadline in December could reshape a Pennsylvania hemp market that operators estimate generates roughly a billion dollars a year, and Lancaster County is a useful place to watch the
Cannabis Retailers Still Struggle to Access Basic Banking Tools
Dispensary operators in legal markets continue to run their businesses without the checking accounts, payment processing and lending relationships that most small businesses take for granted. Federal
TSRgrow Expands GROWHub Platform to Unify Cultivation and Compliance Data
TSRgrow has rolled out a significant expansion of GROWHub, the software layer behind its LED lighting and Remote Power systems, adding energy monitoring, expanded batch-record tools, Metrc
AI Infrastructure Boom Signals Where Retail Tech Dollars Are Heading
Etched, a startup building specialized chips for AI inference, announced Tuesday that it raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by quant trading firm Jane Street. The round comes just a
Analysts Split on Health In Tech as Loss Estimates Extend Into 2027
Health In Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIT) is drawing a mixed but active read from Wall Street this month, with Maxim Group publishing a fresh round of quarterly EPS projections that stretch well into 2027.
Senate Fight Over Hemp Deadline Signals Compliance Turmoil for Retailers
A one-vote-shy effort to strip a 30-day delay from federal hemp restrictions failed in the US Senate on Aug. 8, keeping intact a compromise that pushes the effective date of sweeping new
Federal Funding Delay Could Spare Missouri's Hemp Beverage Retailers
Missouri retailers selling hemp-derived THC beverages got a reprieve, at least on paper, when the U.S. Senate approved a short-term funding measure early Saturday that would push the federal ban on