--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - December 9, 2021 description: How Cannabis Retail Stores Are Reinventing Themselves to Succeed in Today's Market, Three ways cannabis retailers can set up their businesses for delivery demand, and more! image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.33.28%20PM.png --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - December 9, 2021 December 09, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![MicrosoftTeams-image (18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png?width=720&name=MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [![equio-hemp-782x90-Web-v5](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/equio-hemp-782x90-Web-v5.jpg)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=695&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 3.33.28 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.33.28%20PM.png)](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/401308)   | [**How Cannabis Retail Stores Are Reinventing Themselves to Succeed in Today's Market**](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/401308) New Frontier Data projects the U.S. legal cannabis sector to annually grow from over $13 billion in 2019 to almost $43 billion by 2025.  | | --- | --- | --- ![tech science innovation](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tech%20science%20innovation.jpg?width=695&name=tech%20science%20innovation.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 3.34.30 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.34.30%20PM.png)](https://mjbizdaily.com/3-ways-cannabis-retailers-can-set-up-their-businesses-for-delivery-demand/)   | [**Three ways cannabis retailers can set up their businesses for delivery demand**](https://mjbizdaily.com/3-ways-cannabis-retailers-can-set-up-their-businesses-for-delivery-demand/) As New Frontier Data’s *2021 U.S. Cannabis Consumer Evolution* report details, delivery demand has been annually increasing for three years.  | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=695&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 3.35.33 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.35.33%20PM.png)](https://www.illinoispolicy.org/marijuana-tax-suspended-to-cut-san-francisco-crime-surge/)   | [**Marijuana Tax Suspended to Cut San Francisco Crime Surge**](https://www.illinoispolicy.org/marijuana-tax-suspended-to-cut-san-francisco-crime-surge/) Illegal 2021 sales neared $2.23 billion in Illinois, versus a projected $1.87 billion in legal sales, according to New Frontier Data.    | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif?width=695&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![social cultural](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social%20cultural.jpg?width=695&name=social%20cultural.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 3.36.59 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.36.59%20PM.png)](https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/business/2021/12/08/recreational-marijuana-florida-stores/6432929001/)   | [**Recreational marijuana could be on the horizon in Florida**](https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/business/2021/12/08/recreational-marijuana-florida-stores/6432929001/) If Florida legalizes adult-use cannabis, state dispensaries will expand their products exponentially, from a couple hundred to over 1,600.  | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=695&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-09 at 3.38.16 PM-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-09%20at%203.38.16%20PM-1.png)](https://www.marijuanamoment.net/irs-official-gives-marijuana-businesses-advice-on-tax-compliance/)   | [**IRS Official Gives Marijuana Businesses Advice on Tax Compliance**](https://www.marijuanamoment.net/irs-official-gives-marijuana-businesses-advice-on-tax-compliance/) While cannabis remains federally illegal, businesses dealing with it still file federal taxes, and the IRS wants them to comply and pay.   | | --- | --- | --- ![event](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/event.jpg?width=1200&name=event.jpg)[![MicrosoftTeams-image 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