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The House of Cannabis, a retail chain in Canada, built a custom site on Dutchie Ecommerce Plus with the help of Black Hawk's web developers. The results are will make their revenue soar.

How The House of Cannabis uses a custom online menu to stand out

Dutchie blog posts covering various topics related to product development in the cannabis industry.

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Company moves

How The House of Cannabis uses custom online menus to stand out in the growing Canadian market

Learn how Vibe by California, a growing chain of dispensaries in California and Oregon, switched software to find that Dutchie’s products work better together. They saved time and boosted revenue. 

Finding the right “Vibe” between your cannabis ecommerce & POS solutions

Finding the right “Vibe” between your cannabis ecommerce and POS solutions

Are you sensing the post-holiday lull after clearing out your inventory for the new year? We've studied 5 main tips to optimize your sales processes and revenue.

5 revenue-boosting strategies to implement in your cannabis dispensary

Dispensary tips

5 revenue-boosting strategies to implement in your dispensary

Medical cannabis patients want to know that their medicine won't affect their work status. Check out our list of which US states protect medical patients' rights.

Medical cannabis discrimination: which states protect employees?

Cultivating change

Jared Barrett

Releases

December 2021

Chris Ostrowski

Dutchie blog posts covering various engineering topics in the cannabis industry.

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Tech talk

Statement on Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

We interviewed Stephanie Shepard from the Last Prisoner Project about her unjust arrest and incarceration for 9 years. She gave us tips on how to help cannabis prisoners this holiday season.

“Sheparding” the way for cannabis prisoners this holiday season

Kat Kuchtjak

Tokyo Smoke, a chain of cannabis retailers in Canada, partnered with Dutchie to undergo an audit by AGCO. We sat down with their VP of Operations to hear what keeps the brand growing.

How Tokyo Smoke grew rapidly and helped Dutchie’s Ontario audit

How Tokyo Smoke grew rapidly and won AGCO approval

November 2021

Product recalls can be a hassle that costs a lot of time, energy, and money. We've put together some tips on how to plan for a recall and how your POS can help.

How to easily handle METRC inventory recalls with the right POS

Green Wednesday is a major holiday for cannabis sales. Learn how to prepare your dispensary with tips and tools to create festive sales through Cyber Monday.

How to prepare for Green Wednesday & the entire holiday weekend

MJBizCon is the largest tradeshow showcasing all kinds of cannabis businesses. We sent our Dutchie team to check out what's next for the cannabis industry.

Key factors & innovations we spotted at the cannabis trade show MJBizCon

Key factors and innovations we spotted at MJBizCon

October 2021

As the seasons change, our senses tend to crave different cultivars that complement the weather. Check out the terpenes and effects of these 7 autumn strains.

Terpene-rich cannabis strains that enhance fall activities

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Terpene-rich cannabis strains for a cozy autumn

Dutchie raised $350 million for our Series D funding. New and past investors have supported our efforts to facilitate cannabis access through our dispensary technology.

(Series) D for Dutchie: powering cannabis commerce

What is the difference between ordering online & shopping in a dispensary? It’s asking the budtender. Now, you can bring that human touch to your online menu.

Move your Staff Picks to the top "shelf" of your ecommerce store

What started as a small ecommerce product in Bend, Oregon, is now a comprehensive technology platform for cannabis retailers. Read about our brand journey.

Dutchie's new brand look: growth with gratitude

Our new look: growth with gratitude

We interviewed East of Eden for National Hispanic Heritage Month. They impressed us through the values, actions, and resources they provide their community.

East of Eden Pairs Cannabis with Culture for National Hispanic Heritage Month

East of Eden pairs cannabis with culture for NHHM

We’ve broken down how to use discounts to your store’s advantage in a competitive market. Learn about timing different types of promotions for the greatest results.

Discounting in Cannabis: How to Leverage Price to Your Advantage

Discounting in cannabis: how to leverage price to your advantage

Your dispensary should use a pricing strategy when approaching discounts. With regulations in mind, you want to add promotions without hurting your revenue.

Price Discounting for Cannabis Retail: The Basics

Cannabis price discounting: the basics

Release notes (Sep 17-Sep 24, 2021)

Release notes (Sep 10-Sep 17, 2021)

Product descriptions add value to the online shopping process. The way you present your brand on your own brand site can improve sales through ecommerce sites. 

How to Improve Your Cannabis Brand's Online Product Listings

How to improve your cannabis brand’s online presence

Release notes (Sep 03-Sep 10, 2021)

Release notes (Aug 27-Sep 03, 2021)

Compliance in cannabis is a constantly evolving process that varies by state, but your business relies on it. Here's how to navigate common compliance mistakes.

10 Common Compliance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them in Your Dispensary

10 common compliance mistakes & how to avoid them

Dispensary competition is fierce in legal markets. We’ve evaluated what factors customers look for when choosing a dispensary to give you an advantage.


How Customers Choose a Favorite Cannabis Retail Shop

Choosing a dispensary: how customers choose a favorite store

Release notes (Aug 20-Aug 27, 2021)

Help your budtenders modernize customer knowledge of these synergistic plant properties for more efficient, consistent, and robust product selection.

Interactive Education: The importance of Terpenes and Cannabinoids

Interactive education: Terpenes and Cannabinoids

Release notes (Aug 13-Aug 20, 2021)

We've started a growing list of 14 Black-owned cannabis brands to feature in your store during Black Business Month. Learn how to position these brands on your menu.

14 Black-Owned Cannabis Brands & How to Feature them on Your Menu

14 Black-owned cannabis brands across North America & how to feature them

Release notes (Aug 06-Aug 13, 2021)

A new study debunks the myths about cannabis consumers. The findings show that cannabis users are educated, active, and primarily women

5 Takeaways From A New Eye-Opening Study of Cannabis Consumers

5 takeaways from a new eye-opening study of cannabis consumers

Release notes (July 30-Aug 06, 2021)

How to Strategize Your Dispensary's Inventory Management

Inventory management strategies for cannabis dispensaries explained

Release notes (July 23-July 30, 2021)

Catch the attention of your dispensary customers with store aesthetics that appeal to your consumers. Product placement is an art and just one aspect of merchandising.

How to Merchandise Cannabis: The Importance of Aesthetics

How to merchandise cannabis: the importance of aesthetics

Shahbaaz Kara

With more and more retailers opening every single day, earning customer loyalty becomes the most critical piece to thriving in any retail business -- especially cannabis. 

How to Drive Customer Loyalty for Cannabis Retailers in Canada

How to drive customer loyalty for cannabis retailers in Canada

Release notes (July 16-July 23, 2021)

Release notes (July 09-July 16, 2021)

Are you all stocked up on 710 oil goods and unsure of the best new device to use them in? With this piece, we discuss the evolution of dab rigs and compare these popular new devices.

Which Electronic Dab Rig (E-Rig) Should You Invest In Post-710?

710: Which electronic dab rig should you invest in?

Grab the attention of your lost shoppers by reminding them what exciting products they were previously interested in. A quick email about an abandoned cart could do wonders for your dispensary. 

How to Re-Engage Your Lost Shoppers with Abandoned Cart Data

How to re-engage your lost shoppers

Handling cannabis product returns can take a bit more strategy than typical returns due to legality and compliance rules. Check out our steps for a smooth return policy.

How to Handle Returns as a Cannabis Retailer

How to handle returns as a cannabis retailer

Release notes (July 02-July 09, 2021)

Release notes (June 25-July 02, 2021)

710 is the second most famous cannabis holiday. We have put together some tips and tricks on how to feature the right products and promotions for Oil Day.

How to Boost Dispensary Sales on 710

Why 710 matters & how to boost dispensary sales

This educational spotlight can help your staff understand various kinds of trichomes, how to identify them, and what benefits they offer the consumer. 

The Dispensary Owner's Guide to Trichomes

The dispensary owner's guide to trichomes

Release notes (June 18-June 25, 2021)

We interviewed some dutchie team members and asked them about the meaning of Pride and how it relates to their cannabis careers. 

Expressing Pride in the Cannabis Space

Expressing pride in the cannabis space

In recognition of Juneteenth, two of our software engineers share their insightful perspectives on what it's like to be Black in the cannabis industry. 

Reflecting on Juneteenth: What it Means to be Black in Cannabis Tech

Reflecting on Juneteenth: what it means to be Black in cannabis tech

Release notes (June 11-June 18, 2021)

With COVID restrictions waning, the need to socialize is rising with the hot summer air. Most of us are ready to adventure with a favorite summertime strain in hand.

Social Cannabis Strains for Summertime

Social cannabis strains for summertime

Release notes (June 04-June 11, 2021)

Release notes (May 28-June 04, 2021)

Employee retention in dispensaries is vital to the store's operation. Managers want their budtenders to feel appreciated for their educational insight and sales. 

How to Keep Your Cannabis Retail Staff Happy

Employee retention: how to keep your cannabis retail staff happy

Learn how modern retail technology can also benefit the cannabis retail world. From QR codes to digital menus, there is a solution for your dispensary.

How To Use Retail Tech for Dispensaries

Using retail tech to streamline the dispensary experience

Release notes (May 21-May 28, 2021)

Release notes (May 14-May 21, 2021)

Release notes (May 7-May 14, 2021)

Release notes (Apr 30-May 7, 2021)

let’s talk about how you can sell your excess cannabis inventory without hurting your bottom line.

Keeping sales fresh after 420

Release notes (Apr 23-Apr 30, 2021)

Release notes (Apr 16-Apr 23, 2021)

Release notes (Apr 09-Apr 16, 2021)

Release notes (Apr 02-Apr 09, 2021)

The endocannabinoid system tells you which receptors are activated by specific cannabinoids. Gain an understanding of the most popular cannabinoids today!  

What Are Cannabinoids?

Understanding cannabinoids

Boost your e-commerce traffic and revenue as your customers go online to stock up and celebrate with their favorites products.

6 Ways to Prepare Your Store for 420

6 Ways to prepare your store for 420

Release notes (Mar 26-Apr 02, 2021)

Celebrating Women's History Month w/ Sarah Kabakoff

It’s Women’s History Month and we’re celebrating the women who are powering dutchie’s rise with a series of Q&A posts.

Celebrating Women's History Month w/ Jordan Castillo

David Wallace

Oh index, where art thou?

Release notes (Mar 19-Mar 26, 2021)

Celebrating Women's History Month w/ Ashley Long

Celebrating Women's History Month w/ Alexandra Wehrman

Release notes (Mar 12-Mar 19, 2021)

Celebrating Women's History Month w/ Courey Elliott

One of the major steps we have made toward repairing harm to underrepresented communities is our budding partnership with NuLeaf Project. 

Social equity takes on a NuLeaf with HB 3112

Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve officially acquired LeafLogix and Greenbits, two of the leading point of sale and ERP solutions in the cannabis space. In addition we’ve closed our Series C, a $200M round led by Tiger Global, with participation from Dragoneer and DFJ Growth.

Dutchie acquires Leaflogix & Greenbits, closes $200M Series C

Release notes (Mar 5-Mar 12, 2021)

Let's take a deeper dive into a few of the various types of terpenes, and the different types of high they can provide cannabis consumers.

Finding Your Perfect High With Terpenes

Finding your perfect high with terpenes

Release notes (Feb 26-Mar 5, 2021)

At dutchie, we continuously strive to create equity in the cannabis industry. One way we’re doing this is by giving back to our retailers through dutchie’s Social Equity Program (SEP).

Dutchie Social Equity Program

Dutchie's Social Equity Program

Terpenes are a broad array of botanical compounds that contain the scent, flavor, and essential therapeutic uses of a plant.

What are Cannabis Terpenes

What are cannabis terpenes?

How cannabis business owners, executives, or marketing managers should be thinking about their data.

The Fundamentals of Data In Cannabis

The fundamentals of data in cannabis

Release notes (Feb 19-26, 2021)

Chris Hough

Dutchie is a Rails shop, so ActiveStorage was the natural choice when we decided to migrate our reporting products from email attachments to streaming downloads in S3. 

ActiveStorage Gotchas in Rails 6

ActiveStorage gotchas in Rails 6

David Welton

Chasing a Ruby Segfault

Take a peek at the latest features and fixes from dutchie!

Release notes (Feb 12-19, 2021)

Michael Hunter

A common concept, and a simple tool that allowed us to scale our customer analytics quickly and cleanly

Scaling Dutchie's Analytics using data build tool

Zach Lipson

The most successful businesses with the highest customer satisfaction are those that stay true to their vision and maintain a focused product.

Why saying 'No" helps build great customer experiences

Why saying ‘no’ helps build great customer experiences

Dutchie's ability to successfully integrate remote work has been beneficial not only to the company's bottom line but also to its people.