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The Death of Vanity Metrics
Impressions and clicks once defined digital marketing success, but they never showed whether anyone actually paid attention. As privacy rules tighten and AI accelerates audience behavior, cannabis brands are turning to attention data to understand real engagement. Here's why vanity metrics are fading, how attention metrics work, and what they mean for compliant cannabis marketing strategies moving forward.
Navigating 2025: Strategies for Thriving Amidst Risk and Competition in Cannabis
The cannabis sector is navigating heightened risks, with economic pressures, inflation and regulatory uncertainties straining operations. A reactive, “set-it-and-forget-it” mindset no longer will work...
Legal Psychedelics Set to Follow Cannabis Regulatory Blueprint
Twenty-five years after Colorado legalized medical cannabis and a decade since greenlighting adult-use sales, the Centennial State made history again as one of the...
The Death of Vanity Metrics
Impressions and clicks once defined digital marketing success, but they never showed whether anyone actually paid attention. As privacy rules tighten and AI accelerates audience behavior, cannabis brands are turning to attention data to understand real engagement. Here's why vanity metrics are fading, how attention metrics work, and what they mean for compliant cannabis marketing strategies moving forward.
Cannabis & Cozy: Turning Winter Self-Care Into Sales
As winter settles in, cannabis consumers are gravitating toward comfort, intention, and small rituals that support rest and well-being. For retailers, this shift creates an opportunity to reframe cannabis as part of everyday self-care through thoughtful merchandising, wellness-forward education, and cozy seasonal storytelling. From topicals and low-dose edibles to premium flower, winter has become one of cannabis retail’s most meaningful moments to build trust and long-term loyalty.
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Living Near Dispensaries Linked with More Cannabis Use, Less Heavy Drinking
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