On January 6, 2020, Tokyo SmokeTM, Canopy Growth Corporation’s retail brand, announced that it will be working with a total of 10 Ontario retail licence holders to open new Tokyo Smoke branded retail cannabis stores across the province. Once licensed, this will bring the number of Tokyo Smoke branded retail cannabis stores in Ontario to a total of 12. The new stores, owned and operated by independent business owners will increase Canopy’s retail banners across Canada to a total of 37.
Cassels represents Canopy Growth and the Tokyo Smoke retail team with a team that includes Jonathan Sherman (Business and Cannabis), Alison Hayman, Marco Ciarlariello and Any Obando (Intellectual Property and Cannabis), and Frank Robinson, Noah Leszcz and Sam Sokoloff (Retail and Cannabis).