Top 10 Cannabis Predictions of 2021
The Year Ahead – The Cannabis Industry in 2021.
In-Depth Look at Cannabis Beverages
Cannabis beverages are a hot topic, drawing considerable attention from both existing legal cannabis players and participants in the broader consumer packaged goods markets. Total spending on legal cannabis in the United States is set to more than double to $34.5 billion by 2025—and the edibles product category, including beverages, is outpacing that rise considerably. In Canada, where edibles just made […]
BDSA Webinar Recap – EAT: Insights into the Edibles Market
Cannabis edibles are a key driver of legal cannabis sales, accounting for 15% of total spending at present. That share is forecast to increase over time: By 2025, sales of edibles are expected to grow to 2.4 times 2020 sales volume versus 2.1 times growth in the total legal cannabis market—where sales are forecast to […]
Vape Sales Rebound, but Still Lose Ground to Other Inhalables
Cannabis vapes had been the fastest growing product category in legal markets until late 2019, with total monthly sales across Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon growing from $64 million in January 2018 to almost $160 million by August 2019.
BDSA Launches Retail Sales Tracking in Canada
With launch of Retail Sales Tracking, BDSA Provides Comprehensive Suite of Market and Consumer Insights on the Canadian Cannabis Market BDSA has launched retail sales tracking data for Canada, providing brands and retailers with greater insight into the world’s largest nationally legal cannabis market. BDSA forecasts Canada’s cannabis industry will reach CAD$3.3 billion ($2.5 billion) […]
The ‘It’s Complicated’ Relationship between Cannabis and Alcohol
43% of alcohol consumers also consume cannabis An interesting interaction is evolving between beverage alcohol and cannabinoid products that is becoming an increasingly important issue for both alcohol and cannabis brands and retailers to watch as worldwide cannabis consumption grows. Growing acceptance and consumption of cannabis, consumption of both alcohol and cannabis and cannabis product […]
Gummies on the Rise: The Rapid Growth of the Most Popular Ingestible Cannabis Product
Infused gummies make up 84% of candy ingestible sales in 2020 While sales of ingestible cannabis have grown steadily in legal markets, candies have seen particularly strong sales, with infused gummies making up 84% of candy ingestible sales so far in 2020 across Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon. Overall gummy sales in these 5 […]
Cannabis Legalization Prominent in 2020 Election
Six Cannabis Legalization Measures Make the November Ballot Pre-COVID-19, it appeared as though citizens in as many as 12 states would have the opportunity to vote on medical or adult-use cannabis on Nov. 3, 2020. Had that come to pass, the 2020 election could have eclipsed the monumental events of Nov. 8, 2016, when eight […]
Strong Adult-Use Growth in Canada, Medical Shrinks
Canada’s legal cannabis market has soared since the introduction of adult-use sales on Oct. 17, 2018. In 2019, sales of adult-use cannabis neared $1.2 billion while medical continued to grow nationally, though signs of a coming contraction in that channel became apparent as the year ended. Even so, the market is growing more slowly than […]
Global Cannabis Markets to Reach Nearly $20 Billion in 2020
The cannabis industry is faring remarkably well, despite – or, likely, because of – the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to BDSA’s analysis of retail sales tracking data year-to-date 2020. Nearly every jurisdiction in the United States and Canada declared cannabis an essential service and most cannabis retailers remained open during the pandemic, and consumers have […]