Sales per Labor Hour: Maximizing Efficiency in Cannabis Retail
By Faai Steuer on May 1, 2026
The Practical Path to Retail Efficiency If you’ve been in cannabis retail for any length of time, you know that sales per labor hour dispensary isn’t just a fancy metric - it’s a day-to-day decision tool for staying lean, compliant, and profitable. Running a modern dispensary means ke …
420 Cannabis Retail Sales 2026 Infographic: What a Monday 4/20 Tells Us About the Industry's New Normal
By Dayna Van Buskirk on April 23, 2026
420 2026 landed on a Monday – and that might make it one of the most useful data points in years.
Virginia Recreational Dispensaries: Timelines and Next Steps
By Dayna Van Buskirk on April 22, 2026
Virginia is one of the largest untapped cannabis markets in the eastern United States. With nearly 8.9 million residents, legal possession since 2021, and a pre-existing illicit market estimated at $3 billion annually, the demand is there. What has been missing is the legal retail inf …
Inventory Aging Report: Spot Dead Stock Before Discount Woes
By Faai Steuer on April 16, 2026
Your inventory aging report dispensary process isn’t just another administrative task – it’s a core tool if you want to stay ahead in the world of cannabis and hemp retail. Tracking what’s moving (and what’s not) gives your team a clear line of sight on dead stock before it spirals in …
Cannabis Tracking Labels Explained: RFID, Package IDs, and Metrc Retail ID
By Faai Steuer on April 10, 2026
Cannabis tracking labels are primarily an upstream function. Whether it’s an RFID tag, package ID, or Metrc Retail ID, suppliers and distributors apply the label before product ever reaches your dispensary. Your retail team’s job is receiving, scanning, and reconciling against the tra …
Cannabis Product Trends 2026: Seasonal Sales Trends by Category
By Faai Steuer on April 6, 2026
Most dispensaries track which products sell best, but too many don’t track when those products sell best. That’s a problem, because missing seasonal peaks can tie up capital and leave revenue on the table.
AI Budtenders in Cannabis Retail | Dispensary Guide
By Faai Steuer on April 1, 2026
Dispensary menus have gotten complicated. A typical modern cannabis retailer carries dozens of flower strains, multiple concentrate formats, and a range of edibles, topicals, and accessories. Online shoppers face that entire catalog with no budtender in sight and, too often, no idea w …
Cannabis Retail Marketing Strategies That Actually Work
By Faai Steuer on March 30, 2026
Keen to make 2026 your dispensary’s breakthrough year? You’re not alone. With cannabis retail entering a bold new era of visibility, the old days of hush-hush tactics are long gone. Nowadays, the most successful dispensaries balance digital brilliance with community smarts and a big s …
Email and SMS Marketing Strategies for 4/20 2026
By Faai Steuer on March 19, 2026
Cannabis email and SMS marketing is one of the most underutilized avenues of growth for cannabis retailers. Despite the huge success other sectors see through email and SMS, cannabis companies rarely seem to take advantage, especially on days it matters the most.
Essential Dispensary KPIs: Cannabis Retail Metrics That Matter
By Faai Steuer on March 18, 2026
Running a cannabis dispensary today means wearing a lot of hats – from staying on top of sales trends to rallying your team and, of course, keeping those loyal customers walking back through your doors. In this whirlwind of daily demands, one thing separates the good from the great: k …
How Role-Based Dispensary POS Permissions Keep Staff Compliant
By Aysha McDonald on March 16, 2026
In cannabis retail, compliance depends on control. Every price override, inventory adjustment, refund, and void must be traceable, and regulators expect dispensaries to be able to prove that only authorized staff members can perform high-risk actions. When dispensary POS permissions a …
Best Cannabis E-Commerce Platforms for Dispensaries in 2026
By Faai Steuer on March 16, 2026
If you’ve spent any time running a dispensary, you already know how quickly cannabis retail is changing - especially online. The days when a simple list of products would cut it for your digital storefront. Today, picking the right cannabis e-commerce platform could be the difference …