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Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Tattle Blazes into the Cannabis Space with Alpine IQ Integration TattleApril 19, 2021 GMT NEW YORK, April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tattle, the innovator in the customer experience improvement (CXI) category, and Alpine IQ, a leader in digital transformation for cannabis retailers, today announced an integration that enables mutually partnered cannabis dispensaries to elevate the on- and off-premis...

The newly released Annual Marijuana Business Factbook, 9th Edition, forecasts U.S. sales of recreational and medical marijuana to hit $45.9 billion by 2025. Other key findings from the report: In 2021, U.S. cannabis sales are expected to reach $22 billion-$26.4 billion. 100 percent of investors expect the industry to do better in 2021 than in 2020. The cannabis industry will offer over 400,000 full-time jobs in 2021. The new, adult-use market in New York should reach sales of $2.5 billion by y...

Special to the Daily The Colorado Department of Transportation and the Marijuana Industry Group are collaborating to educate consumers about the risks and cost of cannabis-impaired driving with an in-your-face conversation starter — budtender masks. In partnership with Native Roots and Lightshade, CDOT and MIG are distributing masks to select dispensaries with the message: “I’ll be blunt, don’t drive high.” The masks are designed to remind the public about staying safe. “Impaired dr...

Marianne Goodland, Colorado Politics House Bill 21-1159 from Colorado Springs Democratic Rep. Marc Snyder seeks to put “some guardrails and some protections and most importantly, some direction” on the burgeoning marijuana delivery industry created by the 2019 legislation. “My hope was, back in September when I agreed to take this bill, was that Id be able to really find that middle sweet spot,” Snyder said during open testimony before the House Business Affairs and Labor Co...

But theres no denying Colorado cannabis is booming. The state saw a 26% increase in 2020 sales for a total of $2.2 billion, according to BDSA data. BDSA forecasts Colorado sales will reach $2.7 billion by 2026. Potential investors and entrepreneurs could find immense payoffs and stability in Colorado if they can gain a foothold in the marketplace. Colorados Cannabis Market  Leaders in Colorados cannabis market told Benzinga the state offers investors access to a mature market, established b...

  The total number of COVID-19 cases in Summit County since the beginning of the pandemic hit the 3,000 mark Friday, Feb. 26, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage . The total number of cases is now at 3,000, which is up 71 from last week. The county also reported two additional hospitalizations due to the virus, moving the number of hospitalizations among residents since March 5 to 128. The county also moved into level yellow on the state’s COVID-19 dial on Friday. As of Friday, a...

The latest weekly report about COVID-19 outbreaks from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment suggests that people associated with nearly a third of the new entries are experiencing an unpleasant sense of déjà vu: Two dozen just-identified sites have had previous outbreaks. The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or ...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Dixie Brands And Other Pot Cos. Settle Group TCPA Suit Law360 (January 8, 2021, 7:04 PM EST) -- A group of cannabis companies targeted in a single Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit has settled with the customers who say they received unsolicited texts, marking another settlement in a type of case that has recently flooded the cannabis industry. The suit — which was filed against multistate operators Dixie Brands and Starbuds, as well as Colorado cannabis reta...

Design Escapism: Getting High on Marijuana Packaging The days of buying a Ziploc baggy of grass from a friend of a friend may be numbered as legalization and Big Marijuana™ sweep the nation. What does that mean for designers and creatives? A whole new world of packaging challenges to take on. From concepts that aim to end the stigma of marijuana, to child-proof containers that keep your wee ones away from the weed within, the design industry has a lot of opportunities as this multimillion-dol...

5280 The Push to Diversify Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Changes to licensing in Denver, slated for early 2021, could help make the marijuana business more accessible to entrepreneurs of color.Kelly Bastone •   Like many women in male-dominated industries, Wanda James is a serial overachiever. She purged the word “can’t” from her vocabulary during military service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. Subsequent stints in the corporate world, the restaurant industry, and the p...