What is EPLI? Dispensaries and other cannabis businesses face the same challenges that any organization faces with hiring and firing employees. However, several factors make dispensaries vulnerable to employment practices lawsuits. For one, the industry has a high employee turnover rate, averaging 4...

Welcome to this week’s edition of Leafwire’s Industry Trailblazers, where we speak with and learn from some of the industry’s true pioneers. Please welcome Thunder Walker. A prominent Black female real estate developer in Dallas, Walker carries forward her father's legacy of fighting housing discrim...

Thought Leader Q&A - Thomas Cioletti from McGowan Wholesale With experience in many facets of the insurance industry, Thomas Cioletti brings a broad spectrum of experience to McGowan Companies.  Having worked as a retail insurance agent, then in product management as an underwriter and product and r...

If you’ve worked with POS systems before, you’ve likely heard of Star Micronics, the world’s leader in innovative POS solutions that empower global businesses to properly manage their revenue and streamline operations to provide stellar customer service every time. The company moved into cannabis ea...

Technology that allows you to streamline operations is essential for any business, but for the Cannabis Industry, it hasn’t always been easy to access. With continued Federally-illegal status, operators struggle to find solutions and partners who are willing to work with a gray market; as a result, ...

Since the inception of the legal cannabis industry, navigating the financial aspect of business operations has been an intricate conundrum, exacerbated by the plant’s ongoing federally illegal status. As a result, cannabis operators have found themselves entangled in a web of complexities, compelled...

AR CannabisWith six popular cannabis dispensaries across British Columbia, Canada, (and two more on the way), AR Cannabis has earned a reputation for stellar customer service that’s a notch high above the competition. The retailer trusts its staff to tune into each unique community they serve, provi...

Finance and banking continues to be one of the cannabis industry’s most negatively impactful issues. With the plant still rendered federally illegal, many banks are reluctant to do business with cannabis operators – and that forces many dispensaries to continue relying on cash-only transactions. The...

Industry veteran David Alport shares his experience as a multi-store operator and the lessons he’s learned after years of running two successful dispensaries in Portland’s competitive marketplace. Peter – First, tell us a little bit about how you got into the industry? David – I started out as a pro...

How have the cannabis and nicotine vape markets looked similar or dissimilar over the last decade? Before technology was where it is today, consumers had to buy e-liquids, juice, and mods in the nicotine market. This was similar to initial dry-herb vapes of the time, which were stationary, less port...

Cannabis retail is no ordinary ballgame. The regulatory frameworks in place demand point-of-sale systems go above and beyond the normal transactions typically seen at mainstream stores, requiring track-and-trace capabilities at all times. The team at Cova understand this notion, putting it at the f...