Top 5 Data Insights: Labor Day Weekend Sales

We’re in no rush to say goodbye to summer, but, as we head into Labor Day weekend, let’s review how the cannabis industry has fared during Labor Day weekends past and other key summer holiday periods:
Gummies Are as Popular as Ever
Cannabis Ingestibles cover a lot of ground, including everything from pills to slices of pie to bottles of THC-infused cold-brewed coffee. But one style of ingestible dominates the market: the gummy.
A More Conservative View of Canadian Cannabis Market Growth

Our research on the roll-out of adult-use legalization in Canada, published today in the Cannabis Intelligence Briefing titled Canada Leads the Way on Global Cannabis Legalization, is the first research of its kind. The report models each of the 10 Canadian provinces individually. At a countrywide-level, consumer spending is now forecast to grow from $569 […]
Top 10 Trends in Cannabis for 2019 (Mid-Year Update)

–Updated August 2019–
Today’s Edibles Marketplace – Mouth Watering Options Abound
With companies creating everything from sleep-enhancing pills to brownies, butters, carbonated lemon-lime drinks and bags of caramel corn, the edibles marketplace is the most dynamic marketplace within cannabis. It’s not the biggest — that’s flower — nor the fastest-growing – that’s concentrates, but no other large cannabis category competes with edibles’ range of product diversity. […]
What’s Hot in Pot Retail

Summer 2018 will bring more than warmer temperatures — the season will also turn up the heat on the cannabis market. As Colorado and Washington enter their fifth summer of legal recreational cannabis sales, and California prepares for its first, it is time to examine What’s Hot in Pot(TM).
Everybody is Interested in Cannabis — Including Your Realtor

At first, the laughs over my gummies reference startled — why are these real estate pros guffawing at the mention of candy?
A Tale of Two Cities
January 1, 2018 marks an historic occasion for the cannabis industry: the start of legal adult-use sales in California. Since a substantial number of BDS Analytics employees live in California, we decided to get out on the streets and talk to consumers and industry players about it, and report it in near real time here.
New West Summit – Here Comes the Data!
From the Daily Beast: Here’s Why We’ve Been Getting Stoned Alone—and Why That’s About to Change
Nearly half of cannabis consumers get high on their lonesome, according to a new study shared exclusively with The Daily Beast. Written for the Daily Beast: By Ricardo Baca | April 20, 2017