Snoop effect? Local pot shop sees sales jump after rapper's visit
Royal's Cannabis saw a 10 percent increase in sales of legal marijuana in December as compared to November. Rapper Snoop Dogg made an appearance there Dec. 7.
Royal's Cannabis saw a 10 percent increase in sales of legal marijuana in December as compared to November. Rapper Snoop Dogg made an appearance there Dec. 7.
Spokane County retailers sold $4.6 million worth of legal marijuana in October, and the biggest statewide harvest to date means stores are likely to be stocked with outdoor-grown bud for months.
Greenlight on Trent Avenue sold almost $600,000 worth of marijuana in September, as retailers prepare for outdoor harvest.
Spokane County's 15 retail stores post their largest monthly revenues yet in August, and growers are reporting increasing revenue ahead of the harvest season.
Marijuana sales continued to grow in Spokane County in May, with more than $3.8 million worth of recreational pot sold. The industry is pushing $6 million in monthly revenue from farm to customer in the county as we approach the first full year of legal pot sales.
Though no new shops reported sales in April, Spokane County retailers reported $600,000 more in legal marijuana sales last month over March.
Statewide, sales of legal recreational marijuana rose 32 percent in March over February totals.
Another month, another Spokane marijuana retailer reports the most sales in January. Greenlight took the crown from Sativa Sisters last month, as total legal marijuana retail sales in the county topped $1.5 million.
Owners of local marijuana shops hope to cash in on the biggest retail sales day of the year, an event many of the stores are calling "Green Friday." Though state law dictates when the area's nine retail shops may open their doors (8 a.m.) and…