Business
How a Nike exec views cannabis marketing
By
Alex Halperin
Mar 19, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
Craig Lyon, who recently joined California brand Connected Cannabis as head of marketing, spent the early years of his career at Nike, which constructs mythologies around its products as effectively as any company in the world. Now Connected seeks to...
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