Business Ontario releases updated rules to allow in-house retail cannabis brands A number of stores had made deals to sell house-branded products in their stores Nick LabaMarch 28, 2022
Business Fire & Flower opens 100th store, has 360,000 loyalty members The Canadian retailer is aggressively expanding, to reach more consumers online and south of the border Nick LabaDecember 2, 2021
News Fire & Flower eyes Nasdaq listing, reports record earnings The Canadian cannabis retailer plans to expand to the US market this year after reporting revenue of $128.1M in fiscal 2020 Jared GnamApril 27, 2021
Canada Local industry relieved as province halts sale of Cannabis NB The decision is lauded by local producers, who say a private monopoly would have damaged the province's industry Jared GnamMarch 19, 2021
Industry update Fire & Flower to enter US weed retail market via licensing deal Alberta-based retailer signs deal with small private firm to license its retail brand and technology in key US markets Jared GnamFebruary 22, 2021
Industry update Alcanna, YSS to target cannabis value segment with retail merger New company to be named Nova Cannabis, with most of its 53 stores in three provinces re-branded as Value Buds Jared GnamJanuary 18, 2021
Industry update Fire & Flower’s revenues rise despite pandemic The owner of 67 Canadian pot shops saw Q3 sales jump 16% to $33M while recording net losses of $25.7M Jared GnamDecember 15, 2020
Analysis Ontario speeds up cannabis retail approvals again amid applicant frustration But approving 80 retail licences a month will lead to saturation in some regions, according to BCMI analyst Chris Damas Jared GnamDecember 9, 2020
Industry update Fire & Flower to buy legacy-to-legal retailer Friendly Stranger In a bid to become Canada's biggest retailer, the Edmonton-based company will acquire the 26-year-old cannabis culture pot shop chain Jared GnamNovember 2, 2020
Analysis Croptober 2020: Why a tsunami of Canadian outdoor will go up in smoke Supply gluts, collapsing wholesale prices and Canadian regulations put an incoming 360,000 kgs of outdoor weed at risk of going unsold Jared GnamOctober 20, 2020