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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 #89: Manufacturing 2023 Year-End Leaderboard
In the last of our 2023 license recaps, we turn to manufacturing, the least volatile of the three we cover. At the end of 2023, there were 744 new manufacturing licenses issued in 2023, and as we see with other activities, most new licenses were issued by a handful of states.
Data & Insights
Cannacurio #88: Cultivation 2023 Year-End Leaderboard
Following up on our recent review of dispensaries and retailers, we now delve into cultivation licenses. These “census” snapshots are derived from our Cannabiz Business Intelligence platform where we track new license issuance and where the balance of power is from market to market. Over the last ten years, customers have used this information for go-to-market strategies, competitive assessments, and TAM analyses.
Marketing
Breaking Down What You Need to Know about New Email Standards from Gmail and Yahoo
If your sending volumes are low (under 5,000 in a day) then these new standards won’t apply to you. However these are considered best practices, so it is recommended that any commercial email sender adopts these new standards regardless of volume.
Data & Insights
Cannacurio #87: Dispensary and Retailer 2023 Year-End Leaderboard
Now that 2023 has wrapped up we want to share our annual license round-up of which states issued the most dispensary/retailer licenses as well as trends that affect various parts of the value chain. In 2023 1,695 new dispensary and retailer licenses were issued and 4 states accounted for 60% of these licenses. This is well down from 2,750 in 2022 and 2,602 in 2021.
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Podcasts
Cannacurio Podcast Episode 58 with Lou Rinaldi
On this Cannacurio episode, Ed and Lou Rinaldi, a cannabis patient advocate, discuss how he got his start in this very public advocacy role, the truth about cannabis testing and the expose that blew the lid off of testing lab standards, the state of movement in Connecticut, and so much more!
Data & Insights
Cannacurio #86: The Growing Trend of Unionization in the Cannabis Industry
Organized labor is gaining traction within the cannabis space as some prominent union-friendly states also have high-value cannabis markets. We researched state and federal filings and press releases to compile the information on the 828 facilities that have either a union in place or a labor peace agreement.
Company News
Cannabiz Media Wins The Emjays International Cannabis Award for Market Research / Data Firm of the Year
Cannabiz Media won The Emjays - International Cannabis Award for Market Research/Data Firm of the Year! This prestigious honor was awarded during The Emjay's inaugural celebration. The award ceremony, held on November 30th at the iconic Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, acknowledged Cannabiz Media's outstanding contribution to market research and data solutions in the cannabis industry.
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Podcasts
Cannacurio Podcast Episode 57 with Jacques Santucci of Opus Consulting
On this Cannacurio episode, Ed and Jacques Santucci of Opus Consulting discuss his years of leadership experience that eventually led him into the cannabis space, his success in working with Indigenous American tribes, the current state of the market, and what trends we should be looking out for, and so much more!
Company News
Visit Cannabiz Media at Booth 5818 During the 12th Annual MJBizCon
The cannabis industry's flagship event, MJBizCon 2023, is just around the corner and is set to unfold in the vibrant city of Las Vegas, Nevada, from November 28 to December 1. The Cannabiz Media team will be at Booth 5818 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center throughout the expo.