Category: Features

Bob Phibbs In the world of retail design Bob Phibbs is known as “The Retail Doctor” due to his ability to revitalize brick-and-mortar businesses with compelling modern designs and new business strategies to compete against in a world dominated by online sales. Phibbs has given direction to thousands of companies…

One key to standing out in a competitive, growing industry is a thoughtful, deliberate approach to marketing and public relations. And nowhere is this more true than in the booming cannabis industry. Businesses that are the most successful — and able to sustain that success — will often be the…

The hemp industry continues to move full speed ahead, despite pending regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nowhere was the hype more evident than the NoCo Hemp Expo in March, which drew more than 10,000 attendees and solidified itself as the world’s…

The Retail and Dispensary (RAD) Expo is the only trade show 100% dedicated to cannabis retailers and dispensary owners. The event provides cannabis retailers with free access to all the resources a retailer needs to succeed in the fast-growing cannabis industry. The third Retail and Dispensary Expo will be held…

As the cannabis industry grows, companies must adapt to the challenges arising from that growth, including exploiting any available competitive advantages.

As more states legalize cannabis, the relationship between employers and an employee’s legal cannabis use grows increasingly uncertain.

Christopher Coggan draws an unlikely comparison between California’s current cannabis market and the history of communism in Romania.

Predictably, attempts to tracking and tracing software have instead created a chimera of regulation, big data and state-sanctioned monopolies.

Despite its enormous potential, growth of the hemp industry is stymied by misinformation and states that refuse to legalize the crop.

Farmers engaged in dwindling industries such as tobacco are looking for diversity in their agricultural products — and they are looking to cannabis to improve their economic situation.