by AvisB | Oct 1, 2020 | News
To start with, big Canadian companies are likely to see Mexico as a place to export their cannabis products, while U.S. players, hamstrung by federal laws that prohibit marijuana exports, may franchise their brands in Mexico, said Avis Bulbulyan, CEO at cannabis...
by AvisB | Oct 1, 2020 | News
California-based consultant Avis Bulbulyan said Nevada “killed it” in terms of time to market. “Nevada from the beginning decided, ‘We’re getting into the business of cannabis,’” he said. “They just embraced the idea.” Bulbulyan echoed Sederberg’s point about...
by AvisB | Sep 22, 2020 | News
Avis Bulbulyan, CEO of marijuana consultant group SIVA Enterprises, worked with a Black-owned business that received a social equity designation when applying for a license. He and Hatchett said they are still concerned that firms that are not at least 51-percent...
by AvisB | Sep 18, 2020 | News
Cannabis reform activists, industry representatives, and lawmakers were quick to react to the postponement of the vote on the MORE Act. Maritza Perez, director of the office of national affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, said in a statement that the delay will...
by AvisB | Aug 11, 2020 | News
Since its peak in August 2018 in the run-up to Canada’s legalization of recreational weed, cannabis stocks tracker MJ ETF has dropped 70%. M&A fell 80% and capital raising slumped 70% to $2.71 billion through July 31, according to the Viridian cannabis deal...