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A new cannabis competition just hit the New York market, and as a result it shifts how operators should think about brand-building, talent, and operations. Specifically, Best in Grass New York 2026 launches Saturday, May 30. Furthermore, roughly 2,600 New York consumers will judge 58+ brands across 12 recreational categories. Winners get announced at a […]

The DEA registration deadline for cannabis Schedule III is five weeks away. If you hold a state medical marijuana license, June 22, 2026 is the date that matters most. On April 22, the DOJ and DEA officially moved state-licensed medical cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. For operators, this unlocks massive tax relief and […]

This cannabis market update highlights developments in New York, New Jersey, and Minnesota. New York has surpassed $3.3 billion in retail sales, New Jersey is expanding retail operations and tightening regulations, and Minnesota has launched government-run dispensaries. Operators across these states face significant HR challenges, emphasizing the need for robust infrastructure to ensure success.

Every year, more PEO cannabis pitches show up at industry events. They promise to handle your payroll, your benefits, and your compliance headaches. Let someone else deal with it so you can focus on running your dispensary or your grow. Sounds great, right? Like the golden ticket. Willy Wonka style. Except in this version of […]

Revelry Buyers Club 2026: The Details When: Tuesday, May 13, 2026. 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Where: Basilica Hudson, 110 Front Street, Hudson, New York. What: A curated B2B cannabis trade show connecting licensed buyers, brands, cultivators, processors, and industry professionals. Who’s behind it: On The Revel, co-founded by Lulu Tsui and Jacobi Holland. Looking […]

Here is a number that should make every small cannabis operator uncomfortable: 56 percent of cannabis companies have no dedicated HR department at all, according to NACB data. Meanwhile, turnover in cannabis retail runs between 40 and 60 percent annually. Budtender salaries dropped nearly 5 percent in 2025. And state labor departments actively target cannabis […]

What is the most important role in the cannabis industry right now? I can answer that pretty easily. Cannabis Procurement. No matter what state you’re in, no matter where you are in the build, the person doing the buying is the person who makes or breaks everything else. The real ones know what I’m talking […]

You know that feeling employees get when someone says “I’m going to have to loop in HR”? The pit in the stomach. The immediate assumption that HR exists to protect the company from them, not to help them. Nobody invented that distrust overnight. An entire industry built it over decades by teaching HR professionals to […]

NECANN Boston is back and it’s basically cannabis industry Christmas in New England. The New England Cannabis Convention returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay this Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25. It’s the largest B2B cannabis event on the East Coast, the second largest in the country, and the one weekend […]