Supply chain woes put squeeze on B.C. cannabis producers

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Trade disputes are affecting equipment and packaging prices B.C. cannabis consumers could turn back to the black market if rising prices from supply-chain disruptions persist, says one retail expert. Global trade disruption is rattling industry supply chains, sending prices of packaging materials and cultivation equipment upward, DIG360 Consulting Ltd. executive retail advisor Rick Bohonis said in an email. “It is troubling as cannabis margins are thin and there may no wiggle room for even marginal price movement,” he said. “The concern in the legal cannabis world is that consumers—already complaining of high prices—might look to the grey market again." The...