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A friendly budtender assists a customer using a digital tablet in a clean, well-designed retail environment featuring neatly packaged cannabis products.

Digital Convenience Driving Dispensary Sales this Season

A new national survey reveals cannabis consumers value digital convenience, personalized recommendations, and knowledgeable budtenders — especially heading into Green Wednesday, one of the year’s biggest sales days. The findings highlight demand for features like online ordering, one-click rebuys, loyalty incentives, and promotional deals. Retailers that blend smart technology with strong customer service appear best positioned to drive repeat visits and larger baskets.
Four people clink colorful sparkling beverages in elegant glassware at a warm, upscale setting, symbolizing the shift toward low- and no-alcohol and cannabis-infused drink trends.

Alcohol Sales Slide While Cannabis Drinks Surge Toward $2.8B Market

Cannabis beverages are stepping into the spotlight while alcohol consumption rapidly falls as Americans rethink their drinking habits. A new report forecasts U.S. cannabis drink sales will reach $2.8 billion by 2028, growing nearly seven times faster than alcohol. From infused seltzers to low-dose tonics promising relaxation or recovery, innovation is bubbling across the category as health-conscious and budget-minded consumers seek alternatives to traditional beer, wine, and spirits.
Toronto skyline with economic growth indicator symbolizing polling that shows Canadians want the federal government to support the cannabis industry.

Most Canadians See Cannabis as Economic Priority

New polling shows most Canadians want Ottawa to support legal cannabis as an economic opportunity, not just a regulatory issue.
The Vape-Jet 4.0 Top Load fully automated vape-filling platform can fill between 5,000 and 10,000 cartridges or all-in-one devices per shift.

Vape-Jet 4.0 Top Load

The latest evolution of Vape-Jet’s fully automatic platform eliminates inefficiencies and reduces labor costs while preserving terpenes and overall oil quality. Hand-built in Oregon...
Josh Kesselman peering into the future while standing in front of a desert-themed digital backdrop, wearing a black shirt, bandana, and RAW belt buckle

‘High Times’ Magazine Resurrected in $3.5M Deal

PHOENIX – Fourteen months after its parent company was forced into a liquidation receivership, a $3.5-million, all-cash acquisition will raise iconic counterculture magazine High...
Two individuals unloading boxes from a delivery van behind a cannabis storefront, symbolizing distribution networks referenced in the DEA’s 2025 report on illicit marijuana trade.

DEA Alleges Chinese and Cartel Gangs Control U.S. Cannabis Trade

WASHINGTON – International crime syndicates have “taken control of” the legal cannabis industry, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration report released in May. By...
In The Flow Chemmy Jones cannabis flower in a clear glass jar with white lid designed and manufactured by Sana Packaging, displayed outdoors on a mossy rock.

Cannabis Packaging Solutions: Design, Compliance, and Sustainability

Packaging designed to make first impressions last Packaging is an eternal puzzle, especially in heavily regulated industries and even more especially when those industries are...
microbial-contamination-cannabis-cultivation

Cannabis Remediation Equipment: RF, X-Ray, and Ozone Solutions

Microbial contamination instantly can turn a promising harvest into a grower’s worst compliance nightmare. From processing tools and equipment to unsanitary human hands and...
Texas longhorn steer. Don't mess with Texas hemp.

High Stakes: Texas Hemp War Heats Up

AUSTIN, Texas – A new poll conducted by Baselice & Associates on behalf of the Hemp Beverage Alliance, U.S. Hemp Roundtable, and Bayou City...
Edibles.com launches in Texas, offering top-shelf gummies, lozenges, and beverages infused with hemp-derived THC (Image: Creative Team / mg Magazine)

Say It with Weed: Edible Arrangements® Bites into Hemp

ATLANTA – The company that rules the market in fruit bouquets has branched into a wholly different kind of deliverable treat. Edible Brands®, the...

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