July 23, 2019
Pro-Pot SAFE Banking Act Hits Roadblock In US Senate

Among the main stories in payments in recent months has been the increasing push to reform federal banking laws so that legal cannabis retailers can move away from their cash-based...

July 23, 2019
FDA Warns Curaleaf About Unproven CBD Health Claims 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has written a letter to Curaleaf regarding its alleged illegal selling of CBD products and its use of “unsubstantiated claims” about CBD being able...

July 22, 2019
Pet Retail And CBD Combine Innovative Forces

Retail trends and innovation can come from unlikely places, and that seems to be the case now when it comes to pets and CBD, two hot areas of commerce that...

July 21, 2019
Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. Credit card...

July 19, 2019
Retail Pulse: Toys R Us Returns With Small Retail Stores

Iconic brick-and-mortar retailers are sometimes reinvented, and return to the world of retail with smaller-format concepts. The parent of the Toys R Us brand, Tru Kids, plans to bring stores...

July 18, 2019
Curaleaf To Acquire GR Companies To Create World’s Largest Cannabis...

Cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings has announced it will acquire GR Companies (“Grassroots”), the largest private vertically integrated multi-state operator, in a cash and stock deal valued at around $875 million....

July 15, 2019
Today In Data: How Governments Are Strengthening Crypto Regulation

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently released guidelines intended to increase the transparency of digital asset transactions, as regulators push for greater cryptocurrency oversight. In retail news, the legal cannabis industry...

July 15, 2019
Cannabis Firm Caliva Eyes National Growth With Jay-Z Partnership

In a move that is said to help the company grow across the nation, California cannabis firm Caliva has teamed up with Jay-Z. Caliva recently announced that the rap star...

July 12, 2019
Legal Pot Starts Pulling Its Retail Weight

Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. According to a report from CNBC, Colorado,...