Debra BorchardtApril 25, 2023
Sales on 4/20 were roughly twice the sales of a typical Thursday.
Tag: 420
Debra BorchardtApril 25, 2023
StaffApril 21, 2023
New York City celebrated its first legal 4/20 celebrations, with 25 different events listed on Event Brite. We checked out a few. Washington Square Park in the heart of Greenwich Village became the de facto festival as numerous unlicensed operators sold their wares, and consumers enjoyed the lovely spring weather. Then it was on to […]
Debra BorchardtApril 20, 2023
April 20 is the high holy day for cannabis retailers and one of the largest retail software companies Dutchie, went down. The company’s status page first noted at roughly 5pm that it was investigating errors on the e-commerce platform. It told users that “We have engaged with our database platform partners and are all-hands on […]
John SchroyerApril 20, 2023
Temescal Wellness is opting to close its door on one of the biggest sales day of the year.
StaffApril 5, 2023
The 420 festival will be held on April 29.
Debra BorchardtApril 20, 2022
Another April 20 is upon us as the holiday has become the single biggest day for sales. It doesn’t even seem to matter that the holiday falls on a Wednesday this year. People are sick of the pandemic and ready to party. They may even pass joints in a circle without wiping off the end. […]
StaffApril 18, 2022
This year is the first April 20 that New Yorkers can truly celebrate and the parties look to be epic. Between a post-covid-ish landscape and a mostly legal backdrop, New Yawkers are ready to throw down for 420 this year. Who cares that it’s on Wednesday! Here are the big events planned in New York […]
StaffApril 13, 2022Cannabis tech company Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN) is predicting that U.S. cannabis shoppers will spend nearly $130 million on legal cannabis on April 20th, known as “420”, an unofficial but widely celebrated cannabis consumption holiday, which would become the largest sales day in legal cannabis history. “We are approaching the biggest day for our industry, making it critical […]
Debra BorchardtApril 22, 2021
420 was predicted to be a huge day for cannabis sales and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Akerna said that by the time Tuesday hit, the daily retail sale of legal cannabis was expected to gross $95 million nationally, bringing total 4/20-related sales to $370 million in the U.S. if Akerna’s data proves accurate. Planet 13 […]
Cynthia SalarizadehApril 20, 2021
For the 50th anniversary of 4/20, we decided to highlight and honor the original “OG” cannabis journalists. These are the pioneers who covered this plant, the industry overall and its community for decades. The evolution of the cannabis industry and its reversal from prohibition is one of the most interesting topics to witness in our […]
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