Odyssey Cannabis considers itself a service provider for the farms and brands it represents in Oregon. This is one of the main differences between this distributor and other cannabis wholesalers that aim to buy products at the lowest possible price and sell them for the highest price. By partnering with the farms it represents and marketing on a commission-based model, Odyssey rises and falls based on whether or not its growers’ operations are thriving.
Moss Crossing is a locally-owned, award-winning cannabis dispensary located in the South Hills of Eugene, Oregon. Situated in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the company’s aim is to help expand the cannabis market by providing a more comfortable, traditional shopping experience.
At the local, state and federal levels, cannabusinesses stand to benefit greatly from advocacy groups that give them a voice at the decision-making table, advocating for and advancing their members’ best interests. Key to this advocacy is engagement, and that’s where the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association (ORCA) thrives.
With legalization, Canada set the stage for a new industry and thus, new marketplaces for cannabis. However, because the country is signatory to several treaties that have effectively created an international regime that limits cannabis export and import to scientific and medical purposes, companies are inhibited – and so too is the market’s potential.
Located in Boulder, Colorado, Elements Boulder is a dispensary offering a wide variety of cannabis products including dried flower, edibles, tinctures, topicals, concentrates, and accessories. Over the years, the dispensary has found that tiered pricing has been highly successful, particularly with the wax, shatter, and flower product lines. Tiered pricing allows Elements Boulder to accommodate every customer, from the bargain shopper to the connoisseur.
Sometimes, out of tragedy come life changes. Daniel Nguyen, the owner of NUMO Cannabis, had such a change of direction when his lung collapsed.
At Inline Filling Systems (IFS) every project is exciting and new. Because companies with great product ideas and impressive marketing plans turn to IFS for the other element they need – namely, understanding how to turn mechanical processes into unmatched packaging solutions.
Newstrike Brands, the parent company of the Up Cannabis brand, began selling adult-use recreational cannabis on October 17 in Canada. For almost two years, it has been producing medical-grade cannabis at its two Ontario sites in Brantford and the Niagara region.
On April 13, 2017, the Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, was introduced in Canada. Ontario took the lead on province-wide consultations and six months later on October 17, 2018, the act came into effect, legalizing and regulating cannabis use for adults in Canada for recreational purposes and opening up a new and exciting market to watch.
Canuvo, founded by Glenn Peterson, is one of eight licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in the state of Maine. His wife Sage is the company’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are seed-to-sale vertically integrated,” says Sage Peterson. The company was granted a dispensary license in 2010 and officially opened in 2011 with an accompanying cultivation, processing, and extraction facility located in southern Maine.