SMOKE SIGNALS: 10.03.22
HOF week is here and we are pumped to see our fellow robots in the wild. 🤖
BRANDS
Shout out Lowell for a stellar LAUNCH of its new 35’s. George Allen continues to deliver the passion and experience needed for Lowell to reclaim its iconic cannabis brand status. 👏🏼
The rumor mill suggests that CANN is dropping a cannabis energy drink called Thunder and it is confirmed that CANN has ACQUIRED Sweet Reason to strengthen its footprint in the alcohol alternative space.🥤
Kiva DROPS a HUF x Lost Farms COLLAB. 👻
Headset data SHOWS that Jeeter continues to dominate the 1, 2 & 3 spots on California pre-roll charts. ✊🏼
Snoop x TSUMO DROPS infused onion rings. 🐶
Cookie’s Berner will be the first to CROWD SOURCE a pheno hunt via his “From $eed to $ale” album drop which will include 1,000 packs of seeds and an opportunity to enter “From $eed to $ale Cup” competition. Very very interesting. 🧐
DISTRIBUTION
Another big win for Vince and Jun as Nabis SIGNS Statehouse Holdings including Loudpack, Kingpen, Sublime, Fuzzies, Key, Dime Bag, and Smokiez. 🚀
POLITICS
Vermont goes REC. Welcome to the party! 🥳
RETAIL
Charges DROPPED on Ascend Wellness Founder. 🤔
Canopy Growth BAILS on Canadian retail market.✌🏼
CULTIVATION & MANUFACTURING
Reddit reports the heartbreaking news that a Truileve employee died due to inhaling CANNABIS DUST. 💔
Hempcrete APPROVED for US building codes. 🏗️
EVENTS
Green Street’s Magic Hour was a blast. Fire weed, free beer, and amazing food. Thanks to the Greenstreet and High Rise crew. 🔥
PuffCon killed it, with industry chatter suggesting “best cannabis event of the year.” 🤘🏼
We grew up dreaming of working in advertising and winning a CLIO. So many of our personal favorites were recognized including Cann, Old Pal, Miss Grass, Jeeter, Sherbinski’s… congrats to all the winners! 🎆
C4R HOF Panel Picker:
👉🏼 Was Your Brand Prepared to Go Interstate? A Look Back w/ Kristi Palmer x Rusty Wilekin:
👉🏼 Web3 in Cannabis w/ Lincoln Barnett x David Luftglass
👉🏼 How Can Companies Take Advantage of Emerging Technologies w/ Jocelyn Sheltraw x Nico Enea
👉🏼 California Consolidation w/ Angelea Pih x Amjad Atari
READ, WATCH & LISTEN
We dropped a new rant — “THE TRAP RENAISSANCE.” 🤖
High Times WRITES about Mike Cessario and our favorite non-cannabis story of the year Liquid Death. 💀
Vice runs another article suggesting that alcohol is NOT COOL anymore. 🍄
Tips, trick, events and guest lists high@cannabis4robots.com 🤙🏼