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August 28, 2025

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Shred the Spreadsheet - Discount Dollar Tracking

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Excel Will Never Fix Your Inventory Problems

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The 10 Ways You're Ordering Inventory Wrong

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Shred the Spreadsheet - Ordering on the Fly

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Buyer's Club Profile - The Exchange

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Shred the Spreadsheet: Data Urgency

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When the Ground Shifts Under You, Know Your Inventory

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Elevate Your Cannabis Marketing with PufCreativ: Now with 10% Off

Partners

Tools Retail Buyers Have Outside of Cannabis

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Shred the Spreadsheet: Aging Inventory & Predictive Aging

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Mastering 420: How to Optimize Your Inventory for the Biggest Cannabis Sales Day of the Year

Inventory

Smart Cannabis Buying: Store Data vs. Industry Trends

Data

Shred the Spreadsheet: Demand Ceilings

Inventory

Smarter Inventory Management for Expanding Dispensaries

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Out of sight out of mind, out of stock: Phantom stockouts

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Mastering Cannabis Inventory with BLAZE and Happy Cabbage

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Shred the Spreadsheet: Restocking lead times

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How to Get Accurate Cannabis Inventory Data

Data

Why Cannabis Marketers Care About Inventory Management

Marketing

Best Practices for Cannabis Inventory Tracking

Inventory

Retail Cannabis Buyers' Balancing Act

Inventory

Black History Year - Tito Jackson

The Culture

Streamlining Cannabis Inventory: Simplifying Purchase Requests and Reducing Financial Strain

Inventory

Building a Brand for Your Cannabis Dispensary

Marketing

Dispensary Halloween Promotions Tricks and Tips

Marketing

Black History Year - Dr Chanda Macias

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Marketing 101: Building Your Dispensary Target Audience

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Black History Year - Devin Alexander and Rolling Releaf

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Labor Day Retail Cannabis Promotions

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Black History Year - Happy Munkey - Vlad Bautista & Ramon Reyes

The Culture

The Basics of Retail Cannabis Marketing

Marketing

Focus on Retail Cannabis Fundamentals

Operations

Marketing 101 for Cannabis Dispensaries: A Beginner's Guide

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The "Dispensary Loyalty Loop" From Digital Awesome

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4th of July’s Most Successful Dispensary Marketing Campaigns on Happy Marketers

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Black History Year - Amber Senter

The Culture

Top Cannabis Promotions for 4th of July and 710

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Employee Spotlight: Sean Balogh

Our People

Burn Down the Walls Between Marketing and Inventory

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Black History Year - Jeanette and Jesce Horton - NuLeaf Project and LOWD

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Dispensary Apps: Native vs. Non-native Ecommerce

Marketing

Beyond Black History Month: Wanda James & Tahir Johnson - Simply Pure

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Marketing Dispensary 420 Events

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Employee Spotlight: Macey Hames

Our People

Beyond Black History Month: Roz McCarthy - Minorities for Medical Marijuana

The Culture

Dispensary Mobile Apps: Benefits and Bullshit in Retail Cannabis

Marketing

Top Cannabis Promotions for 4/20

Marketing

Cannabis Inventory Management: Advanced Demand Planning & Forecasting

Inventory

Getting Started with Dispensary Demand Planning and Forecasting

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Beyond Black History Month: Celebrating Black Excellence in Cannabis Year-Round

The Culture

Rico Lamitte, Dopest Dad on the Street - Employee Spotlight

Our People

Cannabis Inventory Management: Understanding Demand Planning & Forecasting

Inventory

2024 Yearly Planning for Retail Cannabis Dispensaries

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Successful Valentine's Day Cannabis Retail Campaigns

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T-Mobile Terms of Use Update About Cannabis - Myths and Facts

Cannabis Marketing Best Practices: Opt-In List Building

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Cannabis Marketing Best Practices: Audience Segmentation

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Top Cannabis Promotions for Christmas and New Year’s

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How Did Cannabis Retailers Perform on Green Wednesday, Thanksgiving and Black Friday?

Data

7 ways to Improve Customer Experience Through Dispensary Operations

Operations

Proven Cannabis Promotions To Drive Revenue On Green Wednesday, Thanksgiving, and Black Friday

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How Much Do You Lose in Sales When Out-of-Stock of Popular Cannabis Products?

Data

Stop Lighting Money on Fire: The Truth About Discounts and Profit

Data

Save Cash by Stocking Exactly to Demand

Data

5 Ways to Optimize Marketing Spend Outside of Weedmaps

Marketing

The Impact of Budtender Rewards Part 2 - Brand Sales Domination

Data

Happy Cabbage + ChatGPT, What Could Go Wrong?

Marketing

The Impact of Budtender Rewards and Training at Retail

Data

Make Even More Money With Email on Happy Marketers - Feature Release

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What is the Lifetime Value of a Retail Customer of Cannabis?

Data

How to Improve Dispensary Text Message Conversion Rates

Marketing

How Over-Discounting Affects Your Dispensary Profits in 2023

Marketing

3 Tactics to Reduce Slow-Moving SKUs at Your Dispensary

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3 Reasons Why Slow-Moving SKUs Make Your Dispensary Less Efficient & Profitable

Inventory

5 Data Points To Consider When Evaluating a Brand or SKU Product at Your Dispensary

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5 Reasons Too Many SKUs Are Bad for Your Cannabis Dispensary

Inventory

How to Use Segmentation to Boost Loyalty at Your Dispensary

Marketing

Vanity vs Revenue Metrics in Dispensary Marketing

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What to Consider Before You Buy Products for Your Dispensary

Inventory

A Retailer’s Guide to Cannabis Dispensary Product Intake

Inventory

Why Last-Touch Attribution is Key for Small Dispensaries

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How to Stop Over-Discounting at Your Dispensary With These 3 Marketing Strategies

Operations

Product Update: Save & Predict, Cart Abandonment, Budtender Training, & more

News

29 Social Media Ideas That Won’t Get Your Cannabis Dispensary Banned

Marketing

How to Build Your Dispensary Brand & Acquire New Cannabis Consumers

Marketing

What is a Dispensary Loyalty Program: Rewards, Points, & More

Marketing

How to Build & Manage SMS Marketing Opt-Ins at Your Dispensary

Marketing

How to Measure Cannabis Brand Loyalty at Your Dispensary

Operations

We're coming to Hall of Flowers!

Events

What to Consider Before Switching Dispensary CRMs

Data

Dispensaries: Pay Attention to These Key Metrics in 2022

Data

Happy Cabbage releases Loyalty Points Targeting, Happy Marketers Update

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Happy Cabbage Expands Offering, Launching with Surfside, Advertising DSP

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Dispensary Text Marketing: Campaigns, Compliance, & SMS Strategy

Marketing

The 5 Reports Dispensary Managers Need to Drive Revenue

Operations

Dispensary Marketing Software: Must-Buys in 2022

Marketing

The Complete Marijuana Dispensary Business Plan Guide – with Templates!

Operations

Budtender Training 101: The Must-Know Secrets for Training Your Staff

Operations

6 Questions on Cannabis Customer Loyalty & The Answers You Must Know

Marketing