Sean Shepherd: Director of Purchasing - The Artist Tree

Season 3, Episode 37,   Oct 22, 2022, 02:39 AM

TRACK BREAKDOWN

00:30 – How has your most recent expansion been for The Artist Tree?

01:50 – What are you seeing as the difference in consumer trends between NorCal and SoCal?

4:50 – How has the Social Use Lounge in West Hollywood going?

8:07 – What is your criteria when figuring out what you want to purchase for The Artist Tree?

13:20 – Has it surprised you seeing the industry going from small shops to full scale businesses in such a short amount of time?

15:30 – Are you seeing more brands trying to become corporatized?

17:40 – Do you believe that the speed of M&A's created this corporate mentality across the industry?

19:50 – Will you see something like anti-trust move in when it comes to be federally legal?

21:50 – Do you think that we need more regulators who are previous operators?

24:20 – What are some brands that you are excited about to see here at Hall of Flowers?

26:20 – Any possibility of out of state expansion?

We sat down with Sean Shepherd, Director of Purchasing for California based retailer and social use lounge operator, The Artist Tree, to talk about everything from legalization to truth in product descriptions.

All this and more in this week's Conversations in Cannabis!

We would like to thank Sean for his time in being on today’s episode. You can find out more about The Artist Tree by visiting them online at www.theartisttree.com

Special thanks also goes out to JP Bianchini for the licensed use of his track Upbeat Corporate. You can find out more about JP Bianchini by visiting his website at www.JPBianchini.com