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America’s Back Office And THC123 Provide HR Services And More

ANN ARBOR - Anthony Sabatella heads up risk management for America's Back Office, an HR, insurance, payroll outsourcing company that serves more than a thousand clients nationwide. He also heads up THC123 and MyCannaJobs, a similar outsourcing service under the ABO banner for cannabis companies. In this video interview, Sabatella provides all the details on

By |2021-08-26T18:57:57-04:00August 26th, 2021|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

Michigan Marijuana Sales Breaks Record In July

LANSING - Michigan marijuana sales broke another record last month with more than $171 million in cannabis transactions, according to the Marijuana Regulatory Agency, up $149 million in July. Andrew Brisbo, executive director of the MRA, touted the $128 million in adult-use sales and $43 million in medical cannabis purchases in July, saying, “Another record

By |2021-08-15T12:19:03-04:00August 15th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Gage Cannabis Opens 10th Retail Location Near Flint

DETROIT - Gage Growth Corp. announced last week the opening of its 10th provisioning center in Burton, near Flint, serving medical and recreational customers. The new storefront at 1234 N. Center Road. "Michigan continues to be one of the strongest cannabis markets in the country, and the opening of our 10th store location in the state is

By |2021-08-15T12:09:30-04:00August 15th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan Marijuana Retailers Spread Across Michigan, Room For Expansion Remains

EAST LANSING - New geographic analysis by experts at Anderson Economic Group shows that, after little more than eighteen months, the retail cannabis industry has spread quickly across Michigan. “Over 80 percent of Michiganders now live within a 20-minute drive of an adult-use retail store,” said Brian Peterson, AEG director of public policy and economic

By |2021-08-10T19:51:17-04:00August 10th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Annie Rouse, Anavii Market, iHemp Hour at 12 noon EST August 5

LANSING  - Hemp stole Annie's heart in 2009 when the plant was a paper topic for an environmental economics class. Her research took her down a life-changing journey. Over the next decade she worked with legislators, researchers, editors and industry stakeholders to help change laws, build markets, and educate the community. Annie is a published

By |2021-08-03T16:03:55-04:00August 3rd, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Four20 Post: Hero Project Adds New Sponsors, New CBD Packaging, New THC Product

ANN ARBOR - The Hero Project to benefit America’s Veterans is the focus on Four20 Post on Wednesday, July 28. We feature Rob Robar from TheHelpingFriendlySalve.Com will reveal the Hero Project packaging for his CBD product line. Jeff Cole, founder of US Hemp Brokerage in Denver, Colorado, will announce his company’s sponsorship of Hero Project.

By |2021-07-27T20:27:01-04:00July 27th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

2021 Study: How Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Impacts Home Values

DETROIT - As legalization brings marijuana into the mainstream, it’s sparked questions for real estate professionals and individual citizens alike. Will legalization impact property values, for better or worse? Will communities begin to reap benefits of marijuana legalization — or suffer the consequences? So far, the National Association of Realtors — the industry’s largest trade organization

By |2021-07-20T12:23:37-04:00July 17th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan Cannabis Sales Increase 65 Percent To $149 Million in June

LANSING - During June, Michigan cannabis sales increased 60% from a year ago to $149.0 million, similar to May despite having one less day: The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency breaks out sales by medical and adult-use, with medical sales falling 8.8% from a year ago to $41.7 million, down 6% sequentially, and adult-use sales increasing 140%

By |2021-07-11T15:57:01-04:00July 11th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

MRA Director Andrew Brisbo Talks Caregivers, Edibles, Consumption Lounges, Sales, Tribal Regs

ANN ARBOR - Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency Executive Director Andrew Brisbo joins the Four20 Post team to talk about adult-use and medical marijuana sales, attempts to drive caregivers out of the market, cannabis events that could include food and drink, cannabis consumption lounges, microbusiness license growth, edibles, Delta-8 and the outlook for the Michigan Marijuana

By |2021-07-08T18:54:03-04:00June 30th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|