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CSP Launches C-Store Cannabis Board to Advance Cannabis Education via Retail Solutions and Industry Innovation
CSP is thrilled to announce that Melissa Vonder Haar, Managing Director of TradeWorks from iSEE Store Innovations, will serve as the inaugur

iSEE Store Innovations
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Election 2012: The Potential of Pot
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran on CSP Daily News, October 2012 November 6 won’t be the first time citizens vote on the...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


Going to Pot: Retailers weigh risks, rewards of entering the newly legal marijuana business.
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran in CSP Magazine, December 2012 First convenience magazine coverage of cannabis Years from now,...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


Is Marijuana the New Holiday Cash Cow?
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran on CSP Daily News, July 2016 Move over ice cream and hot dogs: Cannabis retailers enjoyed a Fourth...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


Working Through an Oversupply of Hemp
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran on CSP Daily News, June 2020 The industry may be experiencing a reversal on hemp crops and pricing...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


Beverages Drive Hemp Trial for Consumers
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran in Supermarket News, June 2020 Beverage and beverage additive products account for just 6% of...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 281 min read


Oh, Canada: What the U.S. can learn from Canada’s marijuana rollout.
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran in NACS Magazine, July 2020 When Canada became the first major country to allow adult-use cannabis...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


3 Hemp Segments Blooming in 2021
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally ran in CSP Daily News, March 2021 Like most things in 2020, the sale of CBD products was shaken up by...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 281 min read


Modern Harvest
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally published in NACS Magazine, February 2019 Cover story (and first cannabis coverage) for NACS The 2018...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 282 min read


Placing Bets on the Future of Cannabis: Why convenience still stands as the best option for marijuana sales ... someday
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally appeared in CSP Magazine, June 2023 In the middle of working on this year’s annual “Behind the Counter”...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 283 min read


Growing THC Legalization: What It Means in One State
By Melissa Vonder Haar Originally published in NACS Magazine, October 2023 On July 1, 2022, Minnesota passed a law regarding hemp-derived...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 281 min read


A Tale of Two Plants
By Melissa Vonder Haar First published in NACS Magazine August 2024 On April 30, 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) formally...
Melissa Vonder Haar
Jan 281 min read
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