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That’s because the cannabis industry is, and has been, in the process of transitioning from a black market — and a gray market — into a highly regulated, highly transparent industry.
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Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
In 2022, the company estimated that the IT gray market was costing the Cisco channel $1.2 billion per year.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
But there are many, many more gray market smoke shops.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
When employment failed to keep up with population growth, the region found itself with a large pool of underemployed labor—engaged seasonally on the farm, working in the gray market, or tending to small private plots on collective farms.
—Artemy Kalinovsky, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2018
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Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
In 2022, the company estimated that the IT gray market was costing the Cisco channel $1.2 billion per year.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
But there are many, many more gray market smoke shops.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
When employment failed to keep up with population growth, the region found itself with a large pool of underemployed labor—engaged seasonally on the farm, working in the gray market, or tending to small private plots on collective farms.
—Artemy Kalinovsky, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2018
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray%20market. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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