Business Overview: Vertical Integration 

In this week’s installment of the Business Overview Series, the Fire Business Strategies Team discusses the diverse approaches to vertical integration and ways independent licensees can maintain competitiveness.

Is your cannabis business using its data?

Every cannabis business is collecting information, but not every company has the resources to crunch the numbers. Today we’ll explore the topic of data analysis and how it can reveal hidden value in your process streams. Cultivation schedules, production yields, sales metrics; thanks to seed-to-sale inventory tracking requirements, almost every cannabis business is gathering data […]

State Licensing Update: Virginia HSA-1

Today the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (CCA) began the long-anticipated process of accepting applications for a permit to operate a pharmaceutical processor in Health Service Area 1 (HSA-1). The winner of this competitive license application will receive the sole license to engage in vertically-integrated medical cannabis operations in the region, which spans much of the […]