“Our top priority is fulfilling the province’s framework for the safe and sensible retailing of recreational cannabis for when it is legalized by the federal government,” said George Soleas, president and CEO of the LCBO. The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (OCRC), a subsidiary of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, will use the Ottawa-based company’s online store software for its online and mobile sales portal. The Ontario government has inked a deal to use Shopify Inc.’s e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the province’s sole distributor of legal recreational marijuana. The agency selected the tech darling to provide point-of-sale systems for in-store and online sales in late 2017. In addition to online sales, Ontario will roll out an initial wave of 40 stores, which is expected to grow in number to 150 by the end of 2020

Source: thestar February 12, 2018 05:26 UTC