Industry-leading cannabis retailer continues
its focus on Ontario as a priority
market for expansion
TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Tokyo Smoke, Canopy Growth
Corporation's award-winning retail brand is proud to announce the
planned opening of 9 brick-and-mortar retail franchised
cannabis locations across Ontario
over the course of January 2021.
Following a robust storefront expansion in 2020, today's
announcement demonstrates further growth for the Tokyo Smoke retail
banner as the brand continues to focus on Ontario as a primary market for expansion.
With Canadian recreational cannabis sales increasing in 2020,
the opening of these new stores will help address growing consumer
demand as well as provide more local communities across the
province with safe and convenient access to high quality, legal
cannabis. The stores have been designed to provide Tokyo Smoke's
best-in-class guest experience while adhering to COVID-19 health
and safety measures, including contactless touch points at each
location, online e-commerce, same-day delivery, and curbside pick
up.
"Ontario is the largest market
in the country for legal recreational cannabis and it's where the
Tokyo Smoke brand was built - we're excited to bring our
education-first approach to cannabis retail to key communities and
regions across the province," said Lacey
Norton, Head of Retail for Tokyo Smoke. "Through our
franchise model, we're proud to support local independent business
owners and entrepreneurs in the pursuit to provide their local
communities access to high-quality cannabis products and
accessories, along with cannabis education from their team of
Education Specialists."
The following stores will be owned and operated by Ontario retail license holders and are set to
open over the coming weeks:
- 300 King George Road, Unit K5, Brantford ON N3R 5L6
- 300 Earl Grey Drive, Unit A18, Kanata ON K2T 1C1
- 80 Marketplace Avenue, Nepean,
ON K2J 5G3
- 1819 Avenue Rd, North York, ON
M5M 3Z4
- 8 Lebovic Avenue, Unit B5, Scarborough, ON, M1L 4V9
- 3003 Danforth Avenue, Unit 29, Toronto, ON M4C 1M4
- 545 Queen St W, Toronto, ON
M5V 2B6
- 250 King St E, Toronto, ON M5A
1K1
- 979 Bloor St W, Toronto,
Ontario M6H 1L7
Tokyo Smoke's retail expansion into Ontario will bring the number of Tokyo Smoke
retail cannabis stores in the province to 22 and to a total
of 35 across Canada by the
end of January. Tokyo Smoke's growing retail footprint also
includes 6 locations in Alberta
and 7 in Manitoba.
COVID-19 compliant ways to shop at opening include:
- Buy at store - Place an order directly at the Tokyo
Smoke designated curbside pickup area with the help of a Tokyo
Smoke Education Specialist.
- Buy online - Order online and pick up your order
curbside at store
- Schedule a same-day delivery - place a same day order
and get it delivered contactlessly, right to your home.
For more information on how to shop, visit tokyosmoke.com
Here's to Future (Ontario)
Growth.
About Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth
(TSX:WEED,NASDAQ:CGC ) is a world-leading diversified cannabis and
cannabinoid-based consumer product company, driven by a passion to
improve lives, end prohibition, and strengthen communities by
unleashing the full potential of cannabis. Leveraging consumer
insights and innovation, we offer product varieties in high quality
dried flower, oil, softgel capsule, infused beverage, edible, and
topical formats, as well as vaporizer devices by Canopy Growth and
industry-leader Storz & Bickel. Our global medical brand,
Spectrum Therapeutics, sells a range of full-spectrum products
using its colour-coded classification system and is a market leader
in both Canada and Germany. Through our award-winning Tweed and
Tokyo Smoke banners, we reach our adult-use consumers and have
built a loyal following by focusing on top quality products and
meaningful customer relationships. Canopy Growth has entered into
the health and wellness consumer space in key markets including
Canada, the United States, and Europe through BioSteel sports nutrition, and
This Works skin and sleep solutions; and has introduced additional
federally-permissible CBD products to the
United States through our First & Free and Martha
Stewart CBD brands. Canopy Growth has an established partnership
with Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation Brands. For more
information visit www.canopygrowth.com.
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SOURCE Tokyo Smoke