A press release issued this week claimed that Denver-based cannabis company Phoenix Tears had struck a revolutionary deal with 7-Eleven to distribute hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) products through its 4,000 convenience stores later this year. But the store claims the news was completely false. A representative for the company told the Huffington Post, which was first to publish the story, that no such arrangement has been made. But according to representatives of Phoenix Tears, the deal is \u201cabsolutely real.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 7-Eleven convenience store chain denies ever entering into a distribution contract to sell Phoenix Tears CBD products in various locations across the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have made no agreement or partnership with this company and do not know why they said that,\u201d Stephanie Shaw, director of communications at 7-Eleven\u00a0said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n When the Huffington Post reached out to Phoenix Tears to learn more about the questionable release, the company was confused. Suzanne Mattaboni, an agent for Parallel Communications, the firm that issued the press release on Phoenix Tears\u2019 behalf, told the Post that some of the details of the 7-Eleven deal may have been \u201cmisstated.\u201d<\/p>\n She told the news source that they were going \u201cto get to the bottom of this.\u201d<\/p>\n Cannabis Now did get to the bottom of it. Glen Goldberg, a spokesperson with Parallel, told us this morning that the confusion over the CBD<\/a> deal is due to the misrepresentation of a minor detail \u2014 which two companies are actually on the contract.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is absolutely a distribution deal for 7-Eleven stores,\u201d he said. \u201cThe story on the Huffington Post was completely wrong. The press release very clearly states that the distribution deal is between MarketHub, which is a distributor for 7-Eleven franchisees. There is no contractual arrangement or partnership with 7-Eleven corporate. The deal is with Market Hub, which has already delivered Phoenix Tears products in a number of 7-Eleven stores around the country. They work directly with the franchisees.\u201d<\/p>\n Come to find out, the Phoenix Tears press release did, in fact, make this all-important piece of information perfectly clear.<\/p>\n \u201cThe agreement to place Phoenix Tears products in 7-Eleven stores was made with MarketHub Retail Services, a distributor that works with 7-Eleven franchisees,\u201d\u00a0the release states<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was the word \u201cpartnership\u201d in the Huffington Post story that Goldberg says ruffled the feathers of 7-Eleven executives. This is because there is no partnership between Phoenix Tears and 7-Eleven. The two companies do not have any sort of working relationship.<\/p>\n But MarketHub is definitely putting Phoenix Tears CBD products on 7-Eleven shelves.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s already happening,\u201d Goldberg said.<\/p>\n So, in spite of all the confusion, the consumer will be able to purchase CBD products from 7-Eleven stores soon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited that 7-Eleven will bring the Phoenix Tears product line to millions of Americans who can benefit from these all-natural, safe, and market-proven health alternative products,\u201d Janet Rosendahl-Sweeney, founder of Phoenix Tears,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in a statement. \u201cIn addition, this agreement confirms our belief that CBD\u2019s status as a mainstream wellness option has arrived. We\u2019re eager to usher in a new era of effective, holistic, hemp-based supplements that are now as easy to buy as stopping by the local convenience store.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly, major retailers like\u00a0Walmart and Amazon<\/a>\u00a0are also marketing hemp-based CBD products. But neither company physically stocks these items, nor do they ship them directly to the customer. Both retailers serve only as a middleman, selling CBD through their online stores \u2014 nothing more.<\/p>\n This is what makes the MarketHub\/7-Eleven deal so special, Goldberg explained. \u201cOnline has always been the primary channel for CBD. This relationship with Market Hub is the first of several brick and mortar distribution outlets we will be working with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>,\u00a0have you ever tried CBD?<\/p>\n The post It\u2019s True: You Can Buy CBD Products From 7-Eleven<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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