The Twenty-Three Companies That Are Florida Weed
779 stores, 434 million milligrams a week, and one uncomfortable fact: the busiest dispensaries in the state belong to the…
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One Store Is a Quarter of the Bronx
19 dispensaries for 1.4 million people — the thinnest licensing in New York City by a factor of four. The stores that exist are…
Out-of-State Money Owns Two-Thirds of Florida Weed Stores
Cookies, Jungle Boys, STIIIZY, Cresco, MedMen: how outsiders bought into America’s biggest medical market, and why Florida…
Queens Is Growing Three Times Faster Than Manhattan
72 dispensaries, $92.5 million, and the steepest line in New York City — up 35% since January while Manhattan managed 11%.
The Bronx Has 19 Dispensaries for 1.4 Million People
We pulled all 283 New York City dispensaries apart by borough: every sale, every category, 258 days. Five markets that happen to…
Florida’s 22 New Cannabis Licences Are Worth Far Less
It took 1,232 days. Fourteen winners can’t be tied to any known operator, and the last bare licence traded at $9 million, down…
Brooklyn Has New York City’s Biggest Dispensary
One store on Flatbush Avenue does $16.2 million. Behind it, 44 of Brooklyn’s 83 dispensaries haven’t cleared a million dollars…
The Brand Map of New York Cannabis
1,188 brands sold $1.15 billion of product this year. One brand is No. 1 in four of seven regions — and it’s losing share in…
Who Actually Runs New York’s Dispensaries?
57 multi-location operators control 186 of the state’s 634 selling dispensaries and 37% of the money. The full map of who owns…
Manhattan Cannabis Is a Commuter Market, Not a Local One
95 dispensaries, $221 million, 45% of New York City’s legal cannabis — and the weakest Saturday in the five boroughs. Its…
All Five Boroughs Sold Less Weed on Knicks Nights
Nineteen playoff games, seven geographies. Every borough sold less on game nights, and Manhattan — where the Garden is — fell…
Rain Costs Manhattan Six Points, Staten Island Nothing
We matched every significant 2026 weather event against daily sales in all five boroughs. The answer is whether the customer…
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