Dublin, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Top Five Trends in Cannabis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Regulatory fluctuations, corporate challenges, cross-category intersections, adult-use dominance, the ongoing rise of HDIC products and tailored product offerings are resulting in both challenges and opportunities for the cannabis industry.
The Top Five Trends in Cannabis Global report is designed specifically for current and potential stakeholders in the emerging legal cannabis market. It seeks to provide an in-depth overview of the size and scope of the global cannabis environment, examining the historic and future market trends.
Delving into the forces shaping the emerging legal industry including regulatory momentum, dynamics of current illicit consumption, changing consumer behaviour and corporate activity, the report identifies opportunities and challenges across medical, adult-use cannabis and CBD. Forecasts in the reports are available to 2027.
Key findings
Regulatory ebbs and flows
- Cannabis regulatory developments are often hard to predict. This is likely to continue to be the case in the forecast period, especially as geopolitical and socioeconomic conflicts and challenges intensify. In this context, and considering the complexities that characterise the cannabis industry, governments are unlikely to see cannabis legalisation as a top priority.
Adult-use legacy and cross-category interpositions
- Although the opening of the cannabis industry has been occurring across the medical, CBD & other non-intoxicating cannabinoids, and adult-use categories, the latter is usually the most influential category in terms of revenue generation and impact on general cannabis-related legislative developments.
Continuous rise of intoxicating hemp-derived products
- Hemp-derived intoxicating products are still proliferating, and the consequences are manifold. While it has been enhancing the competition with the legal adult-use category and increasing the chances of cannabis scrutiny from governmental bodies, health authorities and consumers, it has also been opening revenue opportunities in markets in which HDIC products are regulated.
Increasingly tailored product innovation
- Cannabis product innovation has been touching on a range of features and functionalities, making them more appealing to a wider breadth of consumers and consequently increasing the "democratisation" and "normalisation" of cannabis.
Corporate challenges in uncertain periods
- The last couple of years have been challenging for some cannabis companies, most notably in mature markets such as the US and Canada. Unclear legislative frameworks, high tax burdens, oversupply issues, price decreases, low profitability and an uncertain macroeconomic scenario are among the difficulties that cannabis players have had to confront.
Product coverage: Adult-Use Cannabis, CBD & Other Non-Intoxicating Cannabinoids, Medical Cannabis.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Key Topics Covered:
Introduction
- Adult-use category as the driving force behind the global legal market
- Top five trends in cannabis
- Top five trends uncovered
Regulatory ebbs and flows
- Regulation as the main driving force behind future growth
- Japan as an example of distinct regulatory measures across the three categories
- Clear legislation as a fundamental step for opportunities to arise
Adult-use legacy and cross-category interpositions
- Adult-use category to continue to dominate the global industry
- The category intersections in the legacy Dutch market
- Adult-use cannabis to remain as the main value growth generator
Continuous rise of intoxicating hemp-derived products
- The ongoing boom of HDIC products in the US and its consequences
- Mainstreaming and "democratisation" of HDIC goods show no sign of slowing down
- A category full of opportunities and doubts
Increasingly tailored product innovation
- Cannabis consumers' demands become more targeted and niche
- Kiva's edibles brand Camino applies a clear need states-focus and language
- Cannabis-based drinks taping into the continuing decline of alcohol consumption
- Specific product proposals as one of the main avenues for value growth in cannabis
Corporate challenges in uncertain periods
- A blend of internal and external factors impacting the legal cannabis sector
- Turmoil in one of the US's legacy states
- Opportunities can arise despite the challenging scenario
Conclusion
- Future implications
- Opportunities for growth
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/x2vdyf
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