Pot brands race to retail front line for edge in competitive cannabis landscape

As the race to produce enough cannabis for the soon-to-be-legal market gets increasingly crowded, licensed producers are setting their sights on the next frontier in the race for maximum pot profitability: developing retail stores.
Pot producers have been ramping up production in preparation for the legalization of marijuana for recreational use later this year and — realizing there is a healthy collective pipeline of product coming online over the next few years — are looking to dep