Wow from 2000 to 9000 orders a day<section class="usmf-new article-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 1136px; color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <header style="box-sizing: inherit;"> <h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: 400; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 10px 0px 15px; color: rgb(138, 140, 142); padding-bottom: 0px;"> <br /> <br /> The number of daily orders currently stands four times higher than the levels in early March.</h2> </header> </section> <div class="main-col" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 805px; margin-left: 0px; flex: 1 1 60%; color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="row author-tagline author-inline" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-direction: column; position: relative; width: 805px; float: none; margin-right: 0px; font-size: 14.4px;"> <div class="author-tagline-top" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 805px; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 15px; position: relative;"> <div class="author-avatar" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 0 70px; margin-right: 15px; width: 70px; height: 70px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; display: flex;"> <img alt="Eric Volkman" src="https://g.foolcdn.com/avatar/85296191/large.ashx" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; align-self: center;" /></div> <div class="author-and-date" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> <div class="author-name" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize;"> <svg class="fa-svg-icon"><use xlink:href="#user-tie"><svg id="user-tie" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.3 128-128S294.7 0 224 0 96 57.3 96 128s57.3 128 128 128zm95.8 32.6L272 480l-32-136 32-56h-96l32 56-32 136-47.8-191.4C56.9 292 0 350.3 0 422.4V464c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48v-41.6c0-72.1-56.9-130.4-128.2-133.8z"></path></svg></use></svg><a href="https://www.fool.com/author/4067/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: color 0.1s linear 0s; color: rgb(6, 28, 25); text-decoration-line: none;">Eric Volkman</a> <div class="author-username" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0.3em;"> (TMFVolkman)</div> </div> <div class="publication-date" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-start; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px;"> <svg class="fa-svg-icon"><use xlink:href="#calendar-alt"><svg id="calendar-alt" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M400 64h-48V16c0-8.8-7.2-16-16-16h-32c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16v48H160V16c0-8.8-7.2-16-16-16h-32c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16v48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm0 96v80h-96v-80h96zM176 352v-80h96v80h-96zm96 32v80h-96v-80h96zm-128-32H48v-80h96v80zm32-112v-80h96v80h-96zm128 32h96v80h-96v-80zM144 160v80H48v-80h96zM48 458v-74h96v80H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6zm346 6h-90v-80h96v74c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z"></path></svg></use></svg>Apr 17, 2020 at 7:57PM</div> <div class="author-bio" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-start;"> <svg class="fa-svg-icon"><use xlink:href="#caret-up"><svg id="caret-up" viewbox="0 0 320 512"><path d="M288.662 352H31.338c-17.818 0-26.741-21.543-14.142-34.142l128.662-128.662c7.81-7.81 20.474-7.81 28.284 0l128.662 128.662c12.6 12.599 3.676 34.142-14.142 34.142z"></path></svg></use></svg> <div class="author-bio-popup-container" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Author Bio</span> <div class="author-bio-popup" style="box-sizing: inherit; border-radius: 5px; padding: 15px; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 71.3906px; right: 0px; visibility: hidden; opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-20%); transition: all 0.3s ease 0.35s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 1px 5px; z-index: -1;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="usmf-new article-body" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">In recent weeks, the number of orders made through the sole online marketplace in Canada's most populous province Ontario has seen a significant and apparently sustainable increase. BNN Bloomberg, citing data obtained from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), said that recent daily sales volumes have been significantly (and it appears, steadily and reliably) higher than those of only a month ago.</span></p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">In early March, prior to the first significant wave of <a href="https://www.fool.com/coronavirus/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: color 0.1s linear 0s; color: rgb(44, 34, 48);">SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus</a> cases in North America, the OCS was recording total daily orders of around 2,000. In mid-March that suddenly spiked to over 6,000 as the first measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus were announced. It then settled down into the 5,000 range.</span></p> <div class="image" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;"><img alt="Cannabis leaf on PC keyboard." src="https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F568542%2Fcannabis-leaf-on-pc-keyboard.jpg&w=700&op=resize" srcset="https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A//g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/568542/cannabis-leaf-on-pc-keyboard.jpg&w=300&op=resize 300w, https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A//g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/568542/cannabis-leaf-on-pc-keyboard.jpg&w=1000&op=resize 1000w, https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A//g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/568542/cannabis-leaf-on-pc-keyboard.jpg&w=2000&op=resize 2000w" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; align-self: center;" /></span> <p class="caption" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 35px; width: 781px; padding-top: 0px; color: rgb(138, 140, 142); font-size: 0.667em; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES.</span></p> </div> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">However, on April 3 -- when the Ontario government <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/04/coronavirus-forces-closure-of-ontario-pot-dispensa.aspx" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: color 0.1s linear 0s; color: rgb(44, 34, 48);">effectively closed marijuana dispensaries</a> (a decision that was later reversed, albeit conditionally) -- volume spiked again, with nearly 13,000 orders through OCS on that day. This number has once again settled, but at daily levels of approximately 9,000. That represents a more than fourfold increase in volume from early March.</span></p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">By provincial law, OCS is the sole online marijuana marketplace allowed to operate in Ontario. The site retails cannabis and related items from a wide range of Canadian <a href="https://www.fool.com/marijuana-stocks/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: color 0.1s linear 0s; color: rgb(44, 34, 48);">marijuana companies</a>, like Ontario-based <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Canopy Growth </strong><span class="ticker" data-id="289058" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(<a href="https://www.fool.com/quote/nyse/canopy-growth-corp/cgc/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: color 0.1s linear 0s; color: rgb(44, 34, 48);">NYSE:CGC</a>)</span>. OCS customers can buy a selection of goods from Tweed, a core Canopy Growth brand, through the website.</span></p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <span class="article-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(28, 29, 32); font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; padding-right: 1.5em; display: block;">Canopy Growth ended the week on a bullish note. Its shares rose by almost 4.4% on Friday, a larger gain than that of the main stock market indexes.<br /> <br />
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/17/online-marijuana-sales-in-key-canadian-province-ri.aspx</span></p> </section> </div> <br />