TORONTO — Ontario cannabis stores are seeing their sales data shared among competitors without approval for at least the second time in a year, sparking…
Jennawae McLean, the co-founder of Kingston, Ont. cannabis store chain Calyx + Trichomes, said she reported to provincial cannabis regulators last week that a spreadsheet with sales data was being shared among retailers.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“If you are a store that’s doing great and the numbers are accurate, you become a target for robbery or for other things like that,” she said.Article content With several stores steps away from one another, many are being pushed out of business or having to drop prices to keep up with nearby shops and the illicit market.Ontario cannabis stores previously saw other sales data “misappropriated, disclosed, and distributed unlawfully” after an OCS breach last spring.Article content
The Ontario Cannabis Store , which is the province’s pot distributor, and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario , which regulates cannabis stores, said in emails to The Canadian Press that stores informed them last week that confidential sales data was circulating within the industry.Article content
While Ontario pot stores submit sales data to the OCS and AGCO, McLean said neither organization collects figures on accessories, which was included in the most recent document circulating.
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