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Cannabis data analytics company Headset and Marijuana Business Daily have announced a data partnership. The deal will allow MJBizDaily's journalists, editors, researchers and analysts to get access to real-time retail-derived data from the U.S. and Canada's cannabis industry. MJBizDaily...

By Liz Connors, Director of Analytics for Headset. Once a year, children have a chance to really pamper the parents. I’m not talking about candles for mom and a tie for dad. Oh no, kids. You gotta up your game these days. And in states where cannabis is finally legal, your Mother’s Day...

By Manny Perez, VP of Marketing at Headset. As we hit the mid-year mark of 2019, it’s a good time to reflect on retail trends in cannabis and look at ways to finish the year strong. One way to uncover retail insights is by breaking down the consumer basket. Retail sales data can tell us what...

By Cy Scott, CEO of Headset. As the end of prohibition nears, sales data shows cannabis enthusiasts embrace 420 holiday In the early 1970s, a group of high-school kids dubbed the Waldos decided to meet up every afternoon at 4:20 pm to smoke pot. Since then – along with some grassroots...

As legalization marches across the U.S., cannabis and holidays go hand-in-hand.  Thanksgiving has already become one of the best-selling periods for cannabis businesses, with the day before Thanksgiving becoming known as Green Wednesday. Traditionally, April 20 remains the biggest and...

Cannabis business intelligence company Headset released a report this week on cannabis industry shopping trends by gender. The report provides insights into the year-over-year shopping patterns and differences between men and women. The Findings Women made one-third of the cannabis market purchases...

It was another news-filled week in the weed world... Nelson Peltz joined Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE: ACB) as a strategic advisor; Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTC: HRVSF) acquired Chicago-based Verano Holdings in an all-stock deal valued at $850 million; Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN),...

Participants in the Canadian cannabis industry will be able to get critical market insights and important data from a new source. Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN), which recently entered the cannabis space, Deloitte and Headset announced a strategic alliance that will provide key stakeholders in...

This was a big week for cannabis on the policy front, as lawmakers introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019 I Congress, seeking to address the industry’s banking woes. Reps. Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young introduced another bipartisan bill that seeks to remove...

As cannabis goes mainstream, what type of new products will be developed? In this new, regulated market, how will point-of-sale come into play? Headset’s Cy Scott, co-fouder of Leafly, reveals data about cannabis demographics, trends, what’s being tracked and what it portends for the...

After a slow first week of the year, 2019 is quickly picking up steam. This week, we learned that Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) filed a bill in Congress that seeks to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The bill is dubbed H.R. 420. In other political news, Marijuana Moment...

"Green Wednesday" is catching fire. The day before Thanksgiving has turned into a well-known marijuana shopping day in America, with Eaze reporting record sales that were only outpaced by April 20 sales, as deliveries almost doubled those of a regular Wednesday last year. Data from...

Boy, are we excited with cannabis at Benzinga? Since our Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Toronto last week, we’ve received such an impressive response and demand for more content, we’ve decided to expand our cannabis newsdesk considerably. Check out our extensive coverage here....

This was a huge week for the marijuana industry: Canada became the second country in the world to legalize cannabis for recreational uses. “October 17 was set as the first day for recreational sales. Some people in the industry wanted an earlier date, but at least companies can now make plans...

In a big step for cannabis and hemp, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a 2018 Farm Bill that includes hemp legalization language. “It is no secret that industrial hemp boasts the most significant potential for global economic impact from the cannabis industry. Hemp is a commodity. It...