The figure hit nearly $60 million a month in September, according to state figures, and dipped slightly in the fall before rising again.
In the thick of it, cannabis businesses also had to deal with delays in shipments of packaging, PPE and cleaning supplies, Schneider said.
Cloud, now with four stores, has also been struggling to hire — a problem hitting the restaurant industry and others, too, said McLeod.
Many retailers, facing a shortage of product packaging they had been getting from abroad, moved to suppliers in Ohio and Michigan during the lockdown, Schneider said.