This story was republished with permission from AdAge and written by Erica Wheless. The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) is running its first campaign for Hostess, the maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, aiming to connect with a wider audience of sweet snackers including fans of 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday. …
Canadian retail heavyweight SNDL (Nasdaq: SNDL) quietly took a small but significant ownership stake in rival High Tide (Nasdaq: HITI) (TSXV: HITI), firing the opening salvo in what could become a more defined struggle for control of the nation’s maturing marijuana retail sector. High Tide CEO Raj Grover addressed the …
From the beginning, women have played pivotal roles in the cannabis movement, often without due recognition—challenging outdated laws, fighting stigma, protecting people, and helping to build an industry from the ground up. The post Women Leading the Charge: A Celebration of Trailblazers in Cannabis appeared first on NORML.
Despite claims of few financing deals happening in cannabis, it seems some money is making its way to cannabis companies. For example, Poseidon Investment Management announced its financing of the social equity dispensary Herb Haus founded by Joe Kanegieser. Kanegieser won a social equity license as part of the third …