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Emerald Intel Acquires Cannabiz Media: Uniting Two Leaders in Cannabis Market Intelligence
Emerald Intel has acquired Cannabiz Media, uniting two of the cannabis industry’s leading data and intelligence providers. This acquisition brings together Emerald Intel’s global license, compliance, and sales data with Cannabiz Media’s robust database of licensed businesses and key decision-makers. The result is the most comprehensive, reliable, and actionable view of the licensed cannabis market—empowering sales, marketing, finance, and compliance teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

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Data & Insights
Cannacurio: Active Cultivation Licenses In 2019 By State
This week we turn our attention to the beginning of the cannabis value chain by looking at where the 9,190 cultivation licenses were generated last year. As readers of this blog have seen with our analysis of manufacturing and retail/dispensaries –

Company News
Visit Cannabiz Media at the B2B Cannabis & Hemp Industry Summit & Expo in Phoenix
The B2B Cannabis & Hemp Industry Summit & Expo is coming to Phoenix, Arizona on February 13-14, 2020, and the Cannabiz Media team will be there at Booth #207. If you’re at the event, stop by and visit the team ...

State News
On-site Cannabis Consumption in Colorado: New Licenses May Help Shake up a Maturing Market
Colorado recently enacted a law that grants the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (“MED”) the authority to oversee a new licensing scheme to permit the consumption of marijuana within certain establishments open to the public.

Data & Insights
Cannacurio: Active Manufacturing Licenses In 2019 By State
This week we turn our attention to another part of the cannabis value chain: Manufacturing. This includes companies that create, infuse and make products or extracts. Nationwide there are 46 different license names for this activity and two thirds are from California.

Industry News
Tackling Cannabis Taxes to Increase Accessibility
There is no doubt that one of the biggest factors allowing the cannabis black market to continue to thrive in many states is the high price of legal cannabis, and one of the main reasons cannabis products sold at licensed dispensaries and retailers are so expensive is taxes.v

Data & Insights
Cannacurio: New Active Licenses for Dispensaries & Retailers in 2019 By State
Many companies track dispensary and retail licenses because this is where commerce is transacted with patients and consumers. To many it is the best way to gauge the health of the cannabis economy, and it allows analysts to forecast sales, growth, and profits – among other metrics.

Industry News
Will 2020 be the Biggest Year for the U.S. Cannabis Industry?
There were a number of big stories in the news throughout 2019 proving the cannabis industry will continue on an upward trajectory in 2020 and beyond. From increases in business licenses historic votes in the U.S. Congress ...




