If there’s one word defining where cannabis product innovation is headed, it’s convenience. Not price. Not potency. Not ritual. Just: how little do I have to think about this?
That shift is quietly reordering the entire market. All-in-one disposable vapes are surging past $2.82 billion in sales, while cartridges, once the category’s biggest earner, are sliding, even though they’re cheaper. The reason isn’t cost. It’s that cartridges require an extra step, and today’s consumer, especially the “canna-curious” newcomer, doesn’t want extra steps.
The same story is playing out in pre-rolls, where infused, ready-to-smoke multipacks are outpacing anything that requires grinding or rolling. And the industry isn’t stopping there. Companies are now borrowing playbooks from completely different categories. Cresco Labs, for instance, is launching an oral cannabis pouch modeled directly on nicotine pouches like Zyn, aimed at all the places you simply can’t light up: restaurants, stadiums, public transit.
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