so no trappers? isnt that required? lol
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Do you provide crc SOPâs with your products?
I forgot the kill shot to quality cannabis. The Farm bill, and all that hemp has brought with it.
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I spent zero dollars of mine or my partners on anything officially affiliated with MJBiz. No booths, didnât use my ticket, never attended this year.
MJBiz itself, the show, has seen itâs best days but Vegas Cannabis Week is alive and well because of the big draw of the show. At this point I anticipate that the outside events will continue to be the main networking opportunities.
Next year I think we will see smaller booths on a much more concentrated show floor. They will continue to take up space with âactivationsâ because they canât sell the booths like they used to. I have been watching the show floor for months get smaller and smaller leading up to the show. At one point they offered us a stage and a bar to run. Alcohol. ew.
They also originally had another expo hall reserved for a âtotally new and unique activationâ. It was all about the cannabis lifestyle and (they used these words) âa space to uphold and honor cannabis culture.â They even called it CULTURE+. Whomp Whomp. The culture is cheap glass and tie dye and the + was just CHAMPS.
In my years of conference going here is what I have noticed, the energy is getting closer to the end consumer. When I first attended MJBiz it was really exciting to stand in front of equipment that people wanted to see before they purchased. Now, with very few exceptions, everyone has seen the equipment. There is not much draw there any more. It continues to go closer and closer to the consumer where now we see tons of packaging and devices. Those consumable items will continue to grow as the industry grows where we donât see much equipment moving unless there is a new state that opens up.
I predict that MJBiz will keep trying to scramble to remain relevant next year by showcasing brands and getting even closer to consumers. If they werenât so stingy about tickets, I would predict a day for the public.
As these shows struggle for relevance in a time where the industry has already seen it all, what remains impactful about events like this? If we donât need to see the equipment and certainly donât need to see another fancy booth full of fucking boxes and jars, whatâs left?
It is the people. I think we have a few more years in the wind down of MJBiz where people will still come to Vegas and the outside networking events will become even more competitive. Getting people together around the plant will always be successful.
This year we were separated from the plant by compliance and it was a drag. There was definitely not enough access at our events this year. Big Ups to Lex for having the Dab Pod next door and thanks to Vlasic labs and Planet 13 for all the goods, but for me who really couldnât leave my spot, it sucked not to be able to consume freely. Next year it is back to a mansion.
MJBiz has always said that because the convention center is on federal property there will never be consumption there. But, this year, even though the federal facility doesnât even allow cigarette smoking, they called the outside patio the smoking patio and encouraged open consumption there. That was a very bold move. When a super conservative corporation like Emarald prints signs that say âSmoking Areaâ to post at their strictly non-smoking venue, that should tell us something. I donât know what exactly, but it is interesting.
I attend non-cannabis tradeshows as well and I was so pleased to see lots of familiar faces at PITTCON and AVS type shows. If you look at pricing for conventional expos and compare it to the gouging of these MJ shows (maybe NECANN excluded) it is obvious that the same price compression that we see in our finished goods will be reflected in the pricing on these booths. This was the year that MJBiz got the memo that times are changing for them as well. Back in the day, a liter of CBD could pay for a 10x10 booth. Maybe we need to peg the booths prices to liters and lbs.
Next year we will be back at it with Weird Brains, Good Life Gang parties and the rest. I LOVE seeing everyone and hearing about how folks are doing. My goals is to see everyone in a consumption friendly space. I will bring snacks and hugs⌠<3
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most of its posted on this forum⌠but im always helping people with what i learned from others.
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There should be a name for the phenomena of literally walking around looking for a booth you want to see and walking right by it. WTF is that? They have a 6â tall neon sign. How do I miss it?
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Only way to pass these tests after storage is prophylactic remediation via oxygenators or xray
The more accurate they get and the lower cfu allowed the harder it is to pass with proper drying and curing and storage alone
Throw in aspirilligus PCR testing and itâs impossible
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100 million % this
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This was much better than all the years prior. they had a dj playing great music. there were seats and tables to chop it up with homies at. there wasnt a time i was there where i could grab a nice seat to rest my feet. i think they even had a few food trucks but didnt go that wayâŚ
This was the absolute best year for smoking at the conference. with the least people
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Based on the previous discussions from members here, I definitely didnât expect there to be any form of smoking area at the venue in any way shape or form. Was very nicely surprised.
Was my first time at the show so a lot of it was just walking the floor visiting the list of vendors I compiled previous. Next time I think will be more free-form for me. It was definitely nice to have an easily accessible area with seating to grab a quick vape break before diving back in.
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They have always allowed people to go outside by the empty crates and blaze. Some of the bus areas were roped off to allow people to go outside and smoke. This is the year I blazed the least at the conference and there actually was a dedicated smoke section
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Outside of GLG I havenât heard mention of these events. The average attendee couldnât tell you what that acronym meant if you offered them $1000.
I think most people participate in MJBIZ to sell things as they are a business and need return on marketing investments. I think you guys are operating with a different set of metrics as to what determines success and not being directly related to the convention probably doesnât give you much insight especially since you donât even use your ticket to see the convention floor this year.
This is the first time I have heard to the MJBIZCON Convention referred to as âlas Vegas cannabis weekâ but repeat it enough times and it might catch on lol
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they are party planners at the end of the day. They threw one of the biggest parties last week. I agree with you on this âlas vegas cannabis weekâ thingâŚit reminds me of the âblack marketâ argument on here. I was there for mjbizcon and the parties. I seen my largest client and chopped it up for an hour by accident at a private party for a MSO cannabis brand.
I saw some clients at the show, but i really chopped it up with the other owners. No one is really enemies. At least to my face. I think outside the show was for clients and inside the show was for colleagues.
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I live in Vegas, my lab is 2 blocks away from the convention center, Iâm pretty active on socials in our local industry. I also have never ever heard the words âLas Vegas cannabis weekâ.
The scene here is actually very sad. We have a yearly award show (if you want to call it that) called the Nevada cannabis cup and it also is a joke. There is more categoryâs that donât involve cannabis then there is for cannabis. awards for things like hairstylist, artist, tattoo artist, model, porn star, etc. 2 years ago, extractor of the year went to the GM of a facility instead of the actual lab director 
edit: When i said âMy labâ I meant the lab I run for someone else. Iâm just an employee and have no ownership
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Regulators are getting their shit together and a substantial amount of testing labs around the country are going to get a rude awakening when standard methods are implemented and enforced.
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They arenât the only market that does this⌠This industry is still growing up and regulations are catching on to bullshit, albeit very slowly.
A data analyst by the name of Yasha Khan has been aggregating govt data via FOIA and running some interesting queries. One of the biggest correlations is passing rates for TYAM and market share for testing labs. The most successful testing labs have the lowest failure rates - definitely not a coincidence. The current method for PCR testing on TYAM is in no way sufficient and these big testing labs are cutting corners to push moldy product out for the big cultivators.
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had no clue on This cannabis week either, itâs a shame that i didnât have a chance to take part in any of your events , obviously you have way more better networking in the community, thatâs why you could have better return while we can only expect outcoming from the traffic inside the convention center.
a good conclusion on what I saw , more decision makers went to after parties or just stay in the hotel wating for meetings
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thatâs the meaning of meeting people in person
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This year had a noticeable dip in attendance but our team didnât see a huge dip in number of quality conversations.
Probably saw the most after parties/meet-ups ever although there are less of the bigger marquee ones of yearâs past.
Weed week is alive and well as @Sidco_Cat mentioned!
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