Younger retail shoppers are driven more by personalization than older people, according to Consumer Shopping Habits—The Generation Gap, a study by BRP, sponsored by Manhattan Associates. Not surprisingly, the younger generations are also more attracted by a retailer’s technology. While the shopping journey varies depending on the customer, product and even season, there are similarities…
As of last year, there were 30.2 million small businesses in the United States. If you really think about it, the majority of businesses in your town fall into that category. And it’s a good thing too — according to the Small Business Administration, 93.2% of consumers shop at local merchants within 20 minutes/miles from home, and…
Yoda is known throughout the galaxies for his legendary wisdom and kick ass skills in lightsaber combat. So what wisdom does Master Yoda have for independent business owners? After all, 900-year-old he is and lives in a swamp, he does. He couldn’t possibly have anything useful to say about business or sales. Well, my young…
An Oklahoma hemp company is suing a federal agricultural official for allegedly trying to coerce farmers away from participating in the state’s industrial hemp pilot program through false and unlawful statements. As reported in Hemp Industry Daily, the lawsuit by Equitable Organic Ventures (EOV) claims that Scott Biggs, executive director of the Oklahoma division of…
Immigrants who use marijuana or are involved with the industry fail to have “good moral character.” That’s the reason U.S. Citizenship and Immigration officials have given for denying citizenship to anyone involved with marijuana in any way, including possession, manufacturing, distribution or dispensing of cannabis, regardless of state laws. “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is…
Marijuana grown by the University of Mississippi for clinical research purposes shared genetics typically associated with industrial hemp, not commercially available cannabis, according to an analysis prepared by researchers at the University of Northern Colorado. A separate study published in 2017 reported that U-Miss samples contain far lower levels of both THC and CBD than do commercially available cannabis….
According to research by New Frontier Data, 263 million people claimed to have used cannabis in the past year, with 15.1 percent of those coming from North America alone. In total, 6 percent of the world’s population between the ages of 15 and 65 used cannabis in the past year. Suffice to say, the worldwide…
“Congressional overreach in authority (via the Controlled Substances Act) has resulted in numerous consequences aside from the current jurisdictional quagmire manifested into an apparent clear, present, and ongoing bio-threat to the national security of the United States as well as our continental neighbors, and possibly the world.” – Cannabis Activist Ron Kiczenski, Lake County Record…
To prove their sincerity about wanting to help people stop smoking, Juul is looking to develop an app or similar tool that smokers could use for support while they try to curb their use of traditional cigarettes. According to a story in Business Insider, that might include connecting them with a network of like-minded peers…
A recent study found that medical marijuana legalization was associated with a reduction in workplace fatalities. Researchers looked at data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics between 1992 and 2015. They then compared the rates of workplace fatalities before and after a state legalized medical marijuana as well as between states that have and…
