Cannabis

Increasingly substance-literate consumers are engaging with greater intensity with outcome-orientated positionings in cannabis and newer nicotine formats – a phenomenon which has clear consequences for the way in which manufacturers in these…

Despite a stutter in 2022 (13% growth vs 30% in 2021), caused by the prior year’s strong performance, price compression, consumer churn and a more uncertain macro environment, the legal cannabis market is expanding rapidly, as wider legalisation and…

Cannabis is a global emerging market. This report presents a classification for emerging cannabis markets that allows us to understand the market context and opportunities. The classification is based on several factors and is not exclusionary. We…

In the last decades, the legislative landscape on cannabis has been constantly evolving in Europe. Countries have been going through legal developments with different speeds and directions, and ditto on a regional level. The legal inconsistencies and…

The cannabis industry has been evolving in distinct paces around the world, with different dynamics across the CBD, medical and adult-use segments. In such context, it is vital to understand the current and potential consumers in more depth. This…

The impact of regulation across both the tobacco and the cannabis industries is immense, with the former experiencing ever tightening frameworks, often even on newer, less harmful forms of consumption, and the latter going through a period of rapid,…

The US is the world’s dominant cannabis market accounting for 86% of global sales. It is constituted by a series of state markets each with differing characters, regulatory framework and stages of development. In the continuing absence of federal…

This briefing covers the main developments impacting the cannabis industry in the last quarter of 2022, including regulatory updates in all regions, macroeconomic, industry and market updates, as well as new product developments in the cannabis…

Strong movements across Western European markets towards the legalisation of medical and recreational cannabis are expected to reshape the undeveloped Western European cannabis market, and accelerate the migration from the massive illicit cannabis…

Beverages have been at the nexus of social interactions and an essential lubricant facilitating cultural evolution for millennia. Brewing in Mesopotamia, wine symposia in Ancient Greece and a coffee takeaway in any contemporary metropolitan city have…

This report covers the main developments impacting the cannabis industry this quarter, including regulatory updates for all major markets and industry and market updates from new players through to new product development in the cannabis space. We…

In our latest Q4 update on the global cannabis industry we discuss the latest news affecting the global cannabis industry. It covers key regulatory updates, corporate strategies among leading companies involved in production and distribution of all…

In this report, we cover the main developments in the cannabis industry. Including regulatory updates for all major markets. Industry and market updates from new players to new product development in the cannabis space. We also cover top-performing…

Latin America is forecast to have the second largest percentage growth by region over the next five years. And although the current market is undeveloped and considered niche, the region will also see the second largest absolute growth in value (USD…

The cannabis industry is rapidly seeing new developments across the spaces of regulation, mergers & acquisitions and product launches. This report covers these changes which have occurred during the second quarter of 2021. In addition, the concluding…

The cannabis industry is rapidly seeing new developments across the spaces of regulation, mergers & acquisitions and product launches. This report covers these changes which have occurred during the first three months of 2021. In addition, the…

This latest in our series of quarterly briefings discusses the main news affecting the global cannabis industry during July-October 2021. It covers the key regulation announcements, the corporate activity among companies involved in the production or…

Beyond the haze of hype and dramatic share price fluctuations, the cannabis industry is shifting into the realms of fast-moving consumer goods through the adoption of innovative formats, design sophistication and evolving language and semiotics. As…