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The FDA And Hemp CBD: The States Have A Grab Bag Of Hemp CBD Laws (Part II)

As I wrote in Part I of this series, the FDA securely opines that the sale and marketing of the majority of hemp-derived cannabidiol (hemp CBD) products is illegal in the United States and has reached explaining CBD as a “possibly hazardous compound” Part II is committed to a brief examination of the state-by-state map of hemp CBD guidelines throughout the country.

Although hemp CBD is a no-no for the FDA, states have currently embraced their own legal techniques to controling hemp CBD products that are not always constant with the FDA’s current position and/or that completely break that position.

Some states, such as Colorado and Oregon, enable the manufacture and sale of all hemp CBD items, including foods, dietary supplements, smokable products, and cosmetics. Other states, like Idaho, Iowa, and Mississippi, strictly forbid the production and/or sale of any such products unless hemp CBD is utilized for “medical treatment.”

A number of states, consisting of California, Michigan, and Nevada, restriction hemp CBD foods and dietary supplements but appear to take no concern, a minimum of specifically, with the sale of other nonfood or nonbeverage items, such as hemp CBD cosmetics. And a handful of states, counting Kentucky and Texas, permit the sale and marketing of hemp CBD foods and dietary supplements but strictly prohibit the sale or limit the processing and production of hemp CBD smokables within their borders.

To top it all off, some of the states that legislated the sale of hemp CBD products have their own set of guidelines, including however not restricted to registration and/or permitting, labeling, and testing requirements. In Louisiana, for example, hemp CBD cosmetics might only be offered by businesses that have developed house for 2 years prior to requesting and securing a CBD Dealership Permit from the Department of Profits, Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. In Oregon, any finished hemp CBD item need to be devoid of particular pesticides and consist of no more than 0.3 percent overall THC before it can be offered to end-use customers. And in Utah, hemp CBD items should meet very specific labeling and marketing requirements, consisting of however not limited to, labels consisting of a scannable upc code, QR Code, or web address connected to a document containing information relating to the product name, batch recognition number, and a downloadable link to a certificate of analysis for the batch identified.

This patchwork of state-by-state regulations forces manufacturers and suppliers of hemp CBD products to follow a range of hemp CBD policies in each state where these items are offered and should limit sales to jurisdictions in which hemp CBD products are considered lawful — all in the face of the FDA’s current enforcement position.

This large range of often conflicting state guidelines, combined with the absence of any formal federal legal path for the sale and marketing of hemp CBD items, makes it almost difficult for hemp CBD stakeholders to satisfy compliance requirements. Yet, the industry is pleading to be managed by the Feds. Far, the FDA has actually received over 4,00 0 remarks from shareholders on the safety, manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale of hemp CBD products. Clearly, a consistent federal regulative framework would much better guarantee consistent compliance, aid legitimize a stigmatized industry, safeguard and educate customers, and ultimately, improve the US economy. Obviously, the states will likely still be complimentary to set their own hemp CBD guidelines, however at least everybody would be then be on an even federally legal playing field. So, here’s to hoping that the FDA begins to serve its function of “coxswain” to help the CBD industry follow its course and be successful.

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Charlottes Web Hldgs Inc. (CWBHF) Q4 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

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Charlottes Web Hldgs Inc. (OTC:CWBHF)
Q4 2019 Earnings Call
Mar 24, 2020, 8: 30 a.m. ET

Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Charlotte’s Web Holdings, Inc.’s fourth-quarter conference call. [Operator instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Cory Pala, director of investor relations. Please go ahead.

Cory Pala — Director of Investor Relations

Thank you, Marsela. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our 2019 fourth-quarter and year-end conference call for Charlotte’s Web. My name is Cory Pala, director of investor relations.

And leading the call this morning is Charlotte’s Web’s CEO, Deanie Elsner; along with CFO, Russ Hammer, who will review the fourth-quarter results in detail. As has become the recent norm, the three of us are all calling in from different remote locations as part of our efforts at social distancing to mitigate COVID-19 risk. So we cannot see each other, and there can be modest latency delays in cellphone channels. So please bear with us, should we trip over each other or have any disconnections during the call, but I am confident.

On today’s call, Deanie will share her high-level comments on the quarter and the business. Russ will share — state some color on the Q4 financials, and we’ll take your questions, from our analysts, at the end of our prepared remarks. A replay of this call will be available through the next week, accessible through details provided in our earnings release. And a webcast replay of the call will be available for an extended period of time, accessible through the IR section of our website at charlottesweb.com.

Our earnings press release was issued this morning. Our MD&A and financial statements for the quarter can be found in the Investor Relations section of our website, and they are also filed on SEDAR. As always, a reminder to our listeners that certain subjects discussed in the call, including some answers we may provide to certain questions, may include content that is forward-looking in nature, and therefore, subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual future results or performance to differ materially from any implied expectations. Such risks surrounding forward-looking statements are all outlined in detail within the company’s regulatory filings, again, which can be found on sedar.com.

In addition to — on this call, we’ll refer to supplemental non-GAAP accounting measures, including adjusted EBITDA, which do not have any standardized meaning as prescribed by IFRS. Adjusted EBITDA is therefore defined in our press release as well as our MD&A filed on SEDAR. And finally, yesterday morning, we announced that we have entered into an agreement to acquire Abacus Health. On today’s call, we are pleased to share some of our insights on the synergies and the strategic value of this transaction.

However, we will not be providing any forward-looking financial estimates or combined revenue projections about the combined business outside of what has already been disclosed in yesterday’s press release. This remains in place until the transaction is closed, which is anticipated to occur near the end of the second quarter. With that, I’ll now hand over the call to Charlotte’s Web chief executive officer, Deanie Elsner.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. I hope that everyone on the call is healthy and keeping safe, along with family, friends and, colleagues during this unprecedented environment created by the COVID-19 virus. The health and wellness of our employees and customers is our top priority, and yes we have implemented social distancing through a remote working policy with our offices and facilities open to essential staff only. To address the potential operational disruption from COVID-19, we’ve taken constructive actions with our quality and warehouse teams to ensure continuity.

As a business that falls into the critical business definition by the Colorado Public Health and Environment order to have cross-trained our staff to create backup teams to keep our lines running smoothly. Our vertically integrated supply chain provides significant shelter from supplier risk and gives us confidence that we’ll be able to manage the manufacturing and shipping of our products to meet customer demand. Finally, we are closely monitoring the ever-changing external environment and meeting twice a day to make decisions in both protecting our employees and to minimize business disruption. I’ll begin today’s call with a summary of our intent to acquire Abacus Health Products and then provide a review of our Q4 results and outlook.

Russ will follow and speak to the fourth-quarter results in more detail. Yesterday, we issued a press release announcing that we’ve entered into an agreement with an intent to acquire Abacus Health Products in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $69 million enterprise value. The transaction is expected to close in the late Q2 or early Q3 of this year, subject to customary closing conditions and the approval of the shareholders of Abacus. Abacus is a market leader in the over-the-counter topical products that combine active pharmacological ingredients with hemp extract.

This is a game changer for Charlotte’s Web as it greatly expands into our portfolio of topical products. Charlotte’s Web is a leader in the CBD injectable products, and Abacus is a leader in the CBD topical products. Combined, we have a current market share of approximately 35% of the F/D/M channel, in addition to having an advantaged cost position through our vertically integrated supply chain. According to the estimates by the Brightfield Group, the topical segment is forecasted to become the fastest growing and largest segment within the CBD category and growing to more than $4 billion by 2025.

Charlotte’s Web has the broadest distribution coverage of any CBD brand across the food, drug and mass retail channel. However, our portfolio was underdeveloped in the topical segment. Abacus adds substantial portfolio depth in topical products with more than 50 unique SKUs, including FDA-registered topical medications that target specific pain relief need states. This dramatic expansion of our topicals portfolio presents a significant value enhancement for Charlotte’s Web all across channels.

Charlotte’s Web total distribution exceeded 11,000 doors this month. Abacus has distribution of around 12,000 doors. Together, the new company will have greater than 15,000 doors of distribution. In addition, Abacus has an established sales network, representing of more than 16,000 healthcare practitioners with their CBD CLINIC line of topicals.

Combined, our complementary products and distribution presents a significant cross-selling opportunity. This is particularly valuable within the current environment of regulatory uncertainty that is holding back ingestible sales in the F/D/M channel. An immediate expansion of our topical portfolio enables us to accelerate growth in the F/D/M. This effectively turns a headwind into a tailwind for Charlotte’s Web.

Charlotte’s Web and Abacus have two of the top management teams in CBG, leading the market with brands, science and quality. Combined, we become the deepest and broadest CBD company in the world fully integrated across all channels and all segments. Our complementary strengths and our relative market share positions provide a powerful one plus one equals three formula that we sought from acquisition. Post acquisition, Abacus shareholders will own approximately 15% of Charlotte’s Web.

In terms of size, Abacus’ annualized annual run rate is about 15% to 20% of Charlotte’s Web. On a pro forma basis, that combined company sales in the third quarter of 2019 were about $29 million for this annualized run rate of around $115 million. Together, we aim to accelerate our growth and extend our market-leading position. We look forward to updating you on our progress.

Now a review of this morning’s Q4 earnings and business outlook. Since joining the company nearly a year ago, we’ve been working to build the management team and infrastructure necessary to move from a start-up to a stand-up CBD business. Charlotte’s Web already have the talent, a strong brand, proprietary genetics and the vertically integrated supply chain. From there, we built a leadership team for the future and began to establish the operational excellence required to achieve our long-term ambitions.

In 2019, we established the infrastructure necessary to support our growth in five key areas. First, we invested in capacity expansion in preparation for the anticipated F/D/M retail growth. Second, we implemented business systems and these processes, accounting controls, liquidity tools and corporate governance. Just yesterday, we announced a new banking relationship with J.P.

Morgan for a senior credit facility and merchant banking services. This is a Tier 1 banking relationship we’re very pleased to announce. Third, we evolved our DTC technical platform. We’ve built new capabilities and expanded the team to accelerate growth.

Fourth, we achieved some multiple third-party certifications to deliver against our quality and safety commitment. Examples of this include achieving the National Animal Supplement Council certification. This was instrumental in us landing distribution at our first national pet retailer this month. Our manufacturing site received NSF certification for dietary supplements.

We achieved and published our self-affirmed GRAS, and we made really great progress toward our ambition of achieving 100% organic certification. Importantly, we brought scientific legitimacy to the CBD and cannabinoid categories with the recent launch of our CW Labs R&D Division located on the medical campus at the University of Buffalo. CW Labs is also integrated into the SUNY network of 64 universities and medical centers, and that we are working with leading institutions to deliver clinical data and breakthrough innovation. So we’ve been checking the boxes, filling the gaps, and the company is getting into good shape.

Now turning to our 2019 full year sales performance. Overall, Charlotte’s Web grew 36% in 2019 to roughly $95 million of revenue. Gross margins were 70% before taking actions to clean up aging inventory associated with standing up the organization. Russ will speak to this in more detail momentarily.

For the full year 2019, our B2B business grew 33%, and our DTC eCommerce business grew 39%. Our total 2019 revenue mix reflected a split of B2B, representing about 43% of our total sales and our DTC represented about 57% of our total sales. In our B2B business, the natural channels grew sales by 13% versus year ago, and F/D/M sales grew 361%. We added over 6,000 doors in 2019 and have commitments to add an additional 2,000 doors, that’s 2,000 doors, in the coming months.

In 2019, as a stand-alone, our DTC business was larger than any single competitor in the CBD retail category. The DTC business for us is also a key strategy for growth going forward. Our 2019 revenue was at the low end of our expectations. This was almost entirely due to the lack of the anticipated regulatory direction in the back half of the year.

In November, the FDA issued several warning letters to certain CBD companies which caused our customers to pull back across all channels, negatively impacting the sector and our sales. We’re not going to let the lack of regulatory direction disrupt our growth ambitions. Instead, our plan is to adjust to the new operating landscape and find other paths to grow. Turning our focus to Q4 sales.

The total revenue was roughly $23 million, up 6% versus a year ago but down 9% versus Q3. This sequential decline versus Q3 was due to a 26% decrease in our B2B revenue driven by two issues: first, the negative Q4 FDA comments; and second, competitive oversaturation in the natural channel. Q4 DTC revenue increased 14% versus a year ago, and increased 4% versus Q3. Our Q4 revenue mix was split 35% B2B and 65% DTC.

So despite the pullback from customers in our B2B channel, we delivered some solid wins. We increased distribution in Q4, ending the year with greater than 10,000 stores, an increase of 6,140 versus year ago. We accelerated our innovation growth that we launched in Q2 and Q3. Today, for an example, our gummy sales in Q4 represented about 14% of our total sales.

For the year, our gummies represent about 7% of our total sales. That’s on a segment that didn’t launch until about July of 2019. We launched the Trust the Earth marketing campaign and our new earned media media model. We launched our new DTC platform and capabilities, and we’ve transformed the model and we improved the online experience.

And finally, after all of this, Charlotte’s Web remained the No. 1 brand in the category. Our DTC channel was the shining star of our business in Q4, posting our largest quarterly sales to date with revenue of about $15 million. DTC is a critical channel for us for two reasons: it is the single largest channel today in the CBD category, and it will remain the single largest channel in the CBD category, growing to $8.8 billion by 2025.

Our forecast in Q4 was to increase web traffic, increase acquisition and to increase our conversion rate. I’m happy to report we succeeded. In Q4, our DTC channel achieved the highest conversion rates in our history, hitting double digits in key revenue weeks. We also successfully acquired 38,000 new consumers, up 22% versus Q3, in addition to increasing our subscription rate.

In 2020, we’re increasing our focus and investment in the DTC channel as we expect online sales to grow faster than retail in the first half of 2020. DTC sales disproportionately benefit our gross margins, in addition to also providing our consumers with our broader portfolio of products. We look forward to updating you on this channel going forward. Finally, I want to provide a little context to the CBD category.

Consumer interest and the overall category growth momentum continue despite the regulatory headwinds and the explosion of competitors. This potential of the CBD category to achieve $24 billion in sales remains intact. Here are some consumer facts that support this. Consumer awareness for CBD remains at 85%, while familiarity of CBD moved from 47% in 2018 to 70% in 2019.

The percent of consumers using CBD moved from 8% in 2018 to 15% in 2019. It reflects a category with high awareness and low penetration that equals growth upside. The three biggest reasons consumers report taking CBD are anxiety, pain and sleep. These are rising challenges in our society and macro trends which will continue to lead the category in terms of growth going forward.

In 2019, Charlotte’s Web was the #1 brand in consumer awareness and loyalty. So as a fun side note, Forbes Magazine reported that searches for CBD were more popular than searches for Taylor Swift, the NBA, The Beatles and Kanye West. Now we know we’ve succeeded as a category. The CBD category remains as exciting as ever as the regulatory framework gets sorted out.

Charlotte’s Web remains the best-positioned CBD company to win globally. This was the case before announcing on our intent to acquire Abacus, and it’s even more accurate as a combined company going forward. I’ll now turn the call over to Russ to provide some good comments on the financials.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Thank you, Deanie, and welcome, everyone. We certainly appreciate you sharing your time with us. The financial statements and the management discussion and analysis have been filed on SEDAR. I trust you’ve had the chance to review, along with our press release, and that did a very thorough review of our revenue.

So I will focus only on some key financial items to provide transparency and understanding, and then we will be happy to answer any questions from analysts after our prepared remarks. I’ll start by discussing the inventory provisions that Deanie mentioned earlier. In the fourth quarter, we took an inventory impairment, noncash reserve of $13.9 million. This is expensed through cost of sales which reduces the gross margin.

Most of the on-cash reserve was against the ingestible oil inventory from the 2017 and 2018 earmarked for the F/D/M channel. The unanticipated delay in FDA regulations that would have enabled the sale of this inventory to the F/D/M channel shortened the remaining product exploration base required for the channel. With ongoing regulatory timing uncertain, our aged inventory reached the end of its useful shelf life. There was also old branded packaging and topical products that we are also now replacing next month with new and improved formulations.

The result of this was reduced gross margin for the fourth quarter and the year. Before taking biological asset adjustments and increases in inventory reserves, our Q4 gross profit was $12.2 million or 54% gross margin. This compares to gross margin before biological asset adjustments of 72% in Q4 2018. Operationally, the lower effective gross margin percentage that reflects discounting programs that were implemented during the quarter as part of our competitive pricing promotions.

For modeling purposes, going forward, we expect consolidated gross margin in the mid-60s range, improving weight in the back half of the year due to production cost improvements from our new customer performance center coming online. Our Q4 gross margin after biological asset adjustments and the $13.9 million noncash reserves was negative 9%. This reduction affected gross margin for the 2019 year as well. For the 2019 year, our gross margin before the effects of inventory reserves was 70% compared to 75% in 2018.

The lower gross margin in 2019 was influenced significantly by the Q4 as gross margin for the first nine months of ’19 was 73%. With our aged and expiring inventory items cleaned up, we entered 2020 with a net $7 million of current and new finished product inventory in preparation for our new product launches in April. The remaining inventory consists primarily of hemp biomass from our 2019 harvest. We inventory a minimum two years of hemp biomass for extraction and manufacturing over time.

However, this provides consistent low-cost raw material and guaranteed supply for projected sales. Our vertical supply chain is one of our most valuable assets, enabling full control of product, quality, traceability and costs. We continuously reduce our costs in the supply chain. Our 2019 harvest had higher yield and potency, resulting in a 33% reduction in cost per milligram of CBD.

Combined with significant cost savings through our new production center, we will be able to improve margins while passing some savings to our customers. Now some comments on our Q4 operating expenses. Q4 2019 OpEx of $26.4 million for the quarter was high at 116% of revenue. We guided for a portion of this increase in our Q3 call due to our expansion plans, but there was also approximately $6 million of onetime and timing issues in the quarter, which I’ll review in detail in a moment.

We are modeling for the lower OpEx dollar levels going forward in 2020. And for further clarifications, we expect OpEx to leverage sequential improvement each quarter as a percent of sales. Specifically, we experienced an increase in our SG&A from Q3 to Q4 2019 driven by the following: the disproportionate amount of our marketing was recorded during Q4 on a $3.6 million Trust the Earth marketing campaign, which generated 352 million impressions during the quarter. We will continue to generate value from this investment over future periods.

Our marketing spend will be phased more evenly across 2020 going forward. We also had $0.6 million increase in our share-based comp associated with some Q4 events, and we had $1 million extraordinary consulting, lobbies and legal fees, which were onetime in nature. Finally, our Q4 fixed opex profile was modeled around higher expected revenues from the anticipated launch of ingestible products into the F/D/M channel. We have responded with cost controls.

And our 2020, we intend to leverage our OpEx down each quarter as a percent of sales beginning in the second quarter. In order to provide more transparency, we’d like to share how we are managing our investment strategy. We are carefully managing our expansion investment costs as we continue to prioritize our infrastructure build-out and invest ahead of revenue in anticipation of FDA guidance and the forecasted F/D/M channel growth. Our new customer fulfillment center that will come online in phases this year, driving our competitive cost advantage as we enter 2021.

The new capabilities of our customer fulfillment center investment will enable Charlotte’s Web to be one of the only well positioned and vertically integrated suppliers able to provide high-quality capabilities, including EDI, automated pick and pack, inventory refurbishment and on-time delivery promise. We plan to share with you the DTC, B2B and F/D/M capabilities of the new customer fulfillment center with an Investor Day later this year. Q4 2019 adjusted EBITDA loss was negative $10.2 million compared to positive $3.4 million last year. The loss was primarily a result of lower-than-expected sales against the higher OpEx as we strategically invest ahead of revenue.

We are modeling negative adjusted EBITDA in the first half of 2020 and positive adjusted EBITDA in the back half with double-digit adjusted EBITDA in Q4 2020. Our cash balances at the end of the quarter were $68.6 million, and really the working capital increased to $116.9 million. Cash used in operations during the quarter totaled $8.7 million and was primarily used for our new production and fulfillment capabilities in our new customer service center. Our capex investment plans for 2020 are approximately $38 million.

We are executing on our capitalization strategy to provide ample liquidity to meet anticipated growth and recently engaged in a strategic banking relationship with J.P. Morgan as part of this process, where we can also use the mix of debt and cash for prudent flexibility. We have also completed our implementation of J.P. Morgan Merchant Services, which will drive additional cost reduction in card fees in our growing DTC business.

As our new facilities come online later in the year, we expect to harness cost savings through our vertically integrated chain to support meaningful increases in adjusted EBITDA to leverage against the higher revenue as we enter 2021 and 2022. Now I’ll turn to guidance. While we are optimistic about our strong DTC business and the Abacus acquisition, with the uncertainties around coronavirus and regulatory environment, we are revising down our 2020 growth expectations for Charlotte’s Web business to 10% to 20% year-over-year growth. We expect Q1 2020 revenue growth to be flat to slightly down year over year in the $20 million range.

As the same headwinds in the fourth quarter carry over and coronavirus distracts our retail partners’ focus on keeping category staples and stock during this crisis. And now this completes the financial update for the quarter. I’ll now turn the call back over to Deanie for questions.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, Russ. Now turning our attention to the FDA. We had a productive conversation with the FDA in January, and we continue to believe they want to find a way to build a regulatory framework for CBD dietary supplements. Recently, the FDA provided the Senate Appropriations Committee the required assessment on the CBD category.

In our opinion, the remarks from the FDA were much more constructive and it is positive from what we’ve heard in the past. We heard three new themes emerged. First, there is a path to set a regulatory guidance for CBD dietary supplements. Second, the dietary supplement category is viewed differently than the food and beverage categories.

And third, full-spectrum CBD is different from CBD to isolate and may need to be addressed separately. We were encouraged with this communication and remain committed to partnering with the FDA to provide data and studies to facilitate their progress. In closing, the global CBD opportunity remains intact, and we believe we are operationally well positioned to lead the category as the one CBD player that checks all of the boxes in all areas of critical criteria. Our acquisition of Abacus solidifies our market leadership and provides the foundation to scale going forward, making Charlotte’s Web a formidable competitor in the CBD space.

So with that, operator, I’d be happy to answer any question at this time.

Questions & Answers:

Operator

[Operator instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Derek Dley from Canaccord. Your line is open.

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

Hi. Good morning, everyone. Just wondering what — good morning. Just wondering on the — in the natural health channel, what were some of the main reasons that you saw that were causing the declines? Is it more new competitors entering the space? Is it lack of regulatory oversight, combination of the two? Can you just give us some color there, please?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes. I’d be happy to do that, Derek. I’ll give you some perspective. Q4 versus year ago, the natural channel for us declined about 11%.

If you look at Q4 versus Q3, the decline was closer to about 21%. That was, in large part, because of the oversaturation of competitors coming into this category and then an aggressive reduction in prices. We had a number of market-leading brands that perpetually had their products on sale at 50% or greater, and so the category lost total average sales per unit that was sold despite the fact that category distribution expanded. So for us, we increased the distribution in Q4 but because there are so many players, there’s not great navigation, and the pricing is getting aggressive as more competitors get more desperate.

That’s what happened to the category. So as we go forward, we’ve reset our expectations for natural, and we’re finding other places in our portfolio to go drive growth through other channels.

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

OK. That’s helpful. And then on the pricing, have you seen any pricing pressure in direct to consumer in F/D/M or is it just mostly held to natural at this point?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

We’re seeing the most aggressive pricing pressure in the natural channel, and that’s primarily because it’s a channel that has the most broadly developed portfolio offering to consumers. So the independent natural channel was basically the first channel to really carry all — in the total portfolio across all these different companies. That’s where we’re seeing the most aggressive pricing. Pricing, I would say, is mildly aggressive in other channels.

In DTC, we have dialed up a very precise and targeted pricing offer. The brilliance of DTC is we can do that in a very specific and in a really targeted way, so we’re not overexposing our portfolio to days and weeks on — and I guess, and at a certain price point, we can be in and out of price points within hours. And that’s exactly how we’re playing the DTC channel. So one of the things we’re most encouraged by in DTC is we’ve got our broadest portfolio offer, and consumers are responding to that.

We’re able to price and target that portfolio to consumers that’s very specifically by need states, and we’re able to pulse our communication and news on an hourly basis with consumers. And so these new capabilities and this new platform give us great flexibility to really play to win in DTC in a way that we’ve never done before. So, does that answer your question?

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

It really does. Yes, that’s great. Just, Russ, one for you. Looking at the balance sheet here at the end of the quarter, to me, it looks strong, $69 million, plus the new ABL and obviously some working capital.

Are you guys confident or comfortable in terms of your balance sheet flexibility and your ability to complete your expansion plans not only this year but over the next two as you bring on the larger processing facility in Boulder?

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Yes. Thanks, Derek. We’re very comfortable. Our capitalization strategy not only provides ample liquidity for our operational strategic investments this year and our other strategic investments.

But it also — the coronavirus going on, who knows what’s going to happen here in the environment. We have liquidity to withstand that, so we feel very confident going forward.

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

OK. And then just the last one for me, and I’ll turn the line. Are you guys having any or can you comment, I guess, on any discussions with retailers that may lead you to believe they’re getting closer to putting adjustables on the shelves even without an incremental clarity from the FDA or is that really going to be the catalyst for the majority of your retail partners?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

For sure, especially as it pertains to F/D/M. The catalyst for their broad-based expansion across ingestibles will be FDA regulatory getting landed. But that said, Derek, it’s a great question because in factcoming off of the most recent FDA comments, we have had some encouraging conversations with our customers now. Encouraging conversations versus commitments is two different things.

But the door — I think they’re watching the FDA as closely as we are. And the door, I think, is open to conversations about the future, so that’s encouraging.

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

Great. Thank you very much.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Michael Lavery from Piper Sandler. Your line is open.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

Thank you. Good morning.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Good morning.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

Can you give a sense —

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Good morning, Michael.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

You’ve mentioned the decline you expect in the first quarter. But the 10% to 20% growth on the year, can you just give us a sense of what your assumptions are that drive that and where the acceleration comes from?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Absolutely. Probably three key places we would anticipate the growth to come this year, and the guidance that Russ has presented is what we believe we are confident we can deliver against. The first is expanded distribution. We launched new products in 2019, about halfway through the year.

So on some of those products, it took about August before they got on the shelf. And so we’re going to have a run rate, Michael, on those products,into 2020 that is incremental to our plan. Second, we just launched new innovation across our topicals business, in addition to launching new formats that make our trial to entry more accessible. So we’re getting to more accessible price points for consumers to come in and try our products.

As a brand that has the highest loyalty in the category, we know that if we can bring consumers in to try our products, we will keep them. And that’s really the first part of expanding our distribution. Second, we’ve opened up the pet channel. The pet channel for us in 2019 was below $1 million.

It’s going to significantly exceed that in 2020 as the launch — as we launch a national pet retailer distribution, that order literally is going out this week. And so that would be all incremental upside to what our plan was last year. And then finally, and we can’t underestimate this enough, DTC will continue to be invested behind and will continue to grow. Our new capabilities, our new technical platform, this new team that we have in-house for the first time and our focus on using our data to guide our communication and our deal structures is enabling us to target consumers in a very, very, very different way.

And so those three things give us confidence that we can grow above what we did last year. Now is there more upside on top of this? And I would hope so. But I don’t think I would ever expected the COVID-19 virus to put us where we are today as a country. So I don’t know that we can lean any further in to what Russ has provided in terms of guidance, but those are three areas that we feel the most comfortable about.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

I know that’s helpful color and assuring to know that it’s not dependent on an FDA green light that’s necessarily this year. While some of the comments and color that you’ve added has some encouraging notes to it, their timing is still totally unpredictable and we certainly have really never seen them move quickly. So can you just touch on what some of your planning assumptions are on that and how you think about that relative to your resources and capabilities and managing the cost structure?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes. It’s a good question. In the Q3 earnings call, we reset guidance, and we literally unhinged our guidance from the FDA in terms of forward-looking. And that’s really because, as a management team, we’ve made the decision to focus on the things we can control and not the things we can’t control.

We have dialed up a regulatory group inside our company and are actively talking to state and the federal government around regulating dietary supplements. But for us, that also remains an unknown and not something I’m willing to build into our forecast. And so as we’re looking at the FDA, we’re anticipating an environment where FDA regulatory is not set until mid-2021. We’re literally building a planning stance that says, if that happens, how do we continue to grow, and how do we continue to accelerate that growth and how do we continue to control our costs so that we can stay at the front end of the CBD category.

And that’s what we’re doing. Now if FDA plans a regulatory environment for dietary supplements in front of that 2021 midyear timing that we’re expecting, that would be upside to our plan, but we can’t plan on that.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Yes, Mike [Inaudible]

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

No. That’s helpful. And yes, sorry, Russ. Go ahead.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

I just wanted to give just a little more color there. So the way I think about it, to put into perspective, the growth that we’re looking at, the expanded distribution that Deanie mentioned, is in the topical space mostly in those F/D/M channels that you’re talking about. It does not have, assuming FDA green lights and then we get the volume to get to the 10% to 20%. Just to be clear.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

Gotcha. Yes, that’s helpful. And just one last one on the EBITDA progression that you touched on. The color that you gave there, does that include Abacus or is that separate? And maybe related —

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

No.

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

But when you talk about accretion from Abacus, what are some of the drivers — what are some of the way — what are some of your assumptions on what drives that?

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Sure. We’ll give — so all of our guidance is just Charlotte’s Web because we have not closed this deal, and it could be 60, 90 days out. So all the guidance and discussion we’re doing today is just Charlotte’s Web ongoing business as normal. And the second part of your question, Michael, on the synergies, so there’s obviously public cost synergies.

But as Deanie earlier in our prepared remarks, we see significant door expansion that is unique. I think the numbers you mentioned is about 15,000 on the retail side, and we also see this significant opportunity in the cross-selling between our two channels of both of our businesses. In addition to that, there are other operating leverages and cost advantages of our vertical supply chain. So for example, we’ve been a supplier to Abacus for a long time, a strategic partner.

Our cost advantages in the vertical supply chain on our cost of CBD that I mentioned earlier are significantly advantaged to the industry, and so we will be leveraging their costs down that we fold into our vertical supply chain. Hope that’s helpful. [Audio gap]

Unknown speaker

Good morning and thanks for the call. Congratulations on the acquisition.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Hi, Scott. Thank you.

Unknown speaker

Real quick, I just want to follow up on the $20 million guidance for first quarter. And where are you seeing — I know you’ve mentioned a little bit of it but where are you seeing it come from? And going forward, do we expect the DTC to remain elevated at 65% of revenues so the first quarter, it shows continuous kind of falloff from the natural channel? And then where does the F/D/M fit in there as far as new store growth going forward?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes. It’s a great question, Scott, because we got a lot of moving pieces. So while it’s true that the DTC channel will continue to grow and frankly outpace the growth of our F/D/M channel, it’s — and we’ll have some balancing out because we’ve introduced new products like gummies that, in Q4, represented 14% of our portfolio. And so there’s going to be a little bit of massaging of the numbers.

But in general, we’re looking at DTC to be above 2019 in terms of percentage of our total sales. In Q4, that number leaned closer to the — picked up about 4 percentage points versus the prior three quarters, and we would expect that to carry forward in 2020. So that’s what’s happening on the DTC front. So in terms of our portfolio, we’re seeing our ingestibles in total come down a little bit, but our gummies, which is also an ingestible, increased.

And so there’s a little bit of the share swapping between our segments. But in general, our total ingestibles will remain at about 90% of our portfolio, and that’s for pre-Abacus acquisition.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Scott, I’m sorry. It’s Russ. I just wanted to maybe give a little more clarity and color on the first quarter. As you mentioned, we only have a week left, so we know that pretty well.

And the DTC does continue to be the significant portion of the business. The natural channel, we still see the weakness, as we mentioned earlier in our prepared remarks. And then F/D/M is starting to expand as we pick up some more doors, but it’s not on the — it’s on the top side. And the pet channel is the other piece of the first quarter that Deanie just mentioned is shipping in this week, as a matter of fact.

Unknown speaker

OK. And then just to expand, in the past, you mentioned your data analytics that you’re bringing on and thought you might have a little more color from the learnings here in the first quarter. And then kind of leveraging your data analytics versus the science side that you’re getting more into CW Labs and now the Abacus acquisition and the science behind that, what is the data kind of tell you as we move forward in innovation and new products and looking at the different [Inaudible] moving forward for your future products here?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

It’s a great question, Scott, and I think this is what’s so exciting about the construct of the Charlotte’s Web company today. Our horticulture and the genetics division is busy looking at genetics that overdevelop different cannabinoids like CBG, CBN, CBDA. And so we know we have access to different cannabinoids that operate a little differently in an extract, and that’s encouraging. We can translate that — those cannabinoids into innovation, whether it’s in injectables or in our topicals.

So we feel like we’ve got an ingredient pipeline that’s exclusive, that’s affordable, that’s advantaged and can be translated into unique and advantaged innovation and product. Our focus on CW Labs is both on the clinical front and on the development front. And so a couple of the areas that we will be looking for expansion into that is topical specifically and getting into some exciting new need states that we currently are not in, potentially getting into the sports landscape area as well as getting to some interesting new forms of CBD. So we think the combination of our genetics, with our innovation in-house, with our link to science and now our availability across segments that’s this ample run room to launch new products and really create competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Unknown speaker

Thanks.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

So, Scott, I’ll just add one thing to what Deanie said. I think the new product innovation that she just alluded to, you’ll see significant tie-in to the needs base in our new product innovation that’s coming out. So we’ll give you more color on that in the coming quarters, but it’s sort of exciting.

Unknown speaker

OK. And last question for me regarding international potential expansion. And how does Abacus fit from an international standpoint or are you still just evaluating and looking at the timing on that?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Not evaluating it. We’ve got full intention of becoming a formidable international brand, and so the intention to acquire Abacus Health Products supports that ambition to grow internationally. Today, Abacus already has distribution into a number of international markets. They’ve got it with their tropical products.

Again, that’s a great vessel for us to expand our portfolio and create the portfolio depth with the portfolio that we have. And so we see a number of growth avenues for us to be able to get to a global leadership of the CBD category across all segments, across all these countries where CBD is federally regulated.

Unknown speaker

Thanks. That’s it for me.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Pablo Zuanic from Cantor Fitzgerald. Your line is open.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Good morning, everyone. Two housekeeping questions, first. In the press release, it says that human ingestibles were up 26% year on year, so I’m guessing consumables were down. Can you explain that difference there? What’s the exact definition? What was up and what was down? And also in terms of housekeeping, I think you gave the numbers, so if you can clarify them.

In the fourth quarter in terms of B2B, obviously sales declined, but break that between what happened in F/D/M in terms of sales and specialty. And particularly related to F/D/M, were there any delistings or SKUs card as a result of FDA comments? Thank you.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Sure. And so, Pablo, the first question you asked was, in Q4, our ingestables — our total ingestibles grew year on year, 26%. And so I’m sorry, that was — it is 26%. That’s correct.

And so on the year, we saw really healthy growth in our ingestibles portfolio, and so we feel like ingestibles continues to be a growth area that will be unlocked as we gain distribution in F/D/M. One of the biggest drivers in this category in terms of adoption for consumers is availability of distribution, and so our ingestibles will also continue to grow behind our DTC business and outlets where we have it available today. We will continue to evolve that offer. So the format of our ingestibles by channel will be appropriate to bring consumers in at accessible price points.

We have a number of plans that we’ll launch in April of this year as well as August of — in the back half of this year that get to being more specific about the formats we bring consumers in and the accessible price points by channel so that we can match the consumer shopping in the channel. In terms of — and Pablo, the second half of your question was pertaining to now one more time, and what was that?

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Deanie, can I interrupt you before we go to — it was about F/D/M but if I may — and maybe I should ask this off-line, but sales year on year were up 6% in the fourth quarter, right? And then you grow the three products for us. You said that ingestibles were up 26%. Tropical was up 29%, and pet was up 33% so I’m just wondering what was down, right? And in the press release [Inaudible]

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes, yes. Pablo, I’m sorry. I apologize. I’ve given you the wrong numbers.

I was looking at our contribution versus our sales growth, so let me try this one more time. Sincere apologies. In Q4, our total business versus Q3 was up — Russ, I’m telling you, I think I’ve confused the numbers here.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Well, maybe to make it easier, Deanie, if you got — from the press release, it seems that — I had not realized that there was a difference before. But from the press release, it sounds like human ingestibles and human consumables are different or it’s the same thing? Because the numbers [Inaudible]

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

No. It’s the same thing. Pablo, it’s semantics. It’s the same thing.

So our change in our B2B business, in total business, you are right, was down in Q4 6%. Our ingestibles business for Q4, I’ve got, is up 26% but, Russ, I might have the wrong number in front of me.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Yes. I’m checking myself right now, sorry.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Yes. I mean we can — yes. But I think there is something — I guess I’ll move on. In terms of — I mean, the big picture is that, obviously, something was down, right, in terms of formats but [Inaudible]

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes, so in terms of formats, I can tell you where our numbers were down, and it’s a little bit of a change, Pablo, in terms of our portfolio mix. So our volumes were down in terms of total contribution, our topicals is our total portfolio contribution was down slightly. That is because we introduced new pet products, and we introduced new gummies. And so there was a mixing of our contribution between segments.

But in terms of ingestibles versus non-ingestibles, our mix for the year was — of ingestibles was at 87% of our portfolio in Q4. Our ingestibles was at 90%, and that remains relatively constant.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

OK. And then just in terms of channel, obviously you’ve talked — I guess a very simple question. In the fourth quarter, B2B was down. But can you break that out now between the natural specialty channel and the F/D/M channel? Maybe you gave the number already but quarter-on-quarter change for both of those channels.

And regarding F/D/M specifically, I can understand that maybe in the third quarter, you benefited from pipeline feel. And then in the fourth quarter, there’s still a process of the trade adjusting those inventories. But was it something about non-repeat purchases because the consumers are scared away by the FDA comments or were delistings from the retailers as a result of those comments? Just more color in terms of what happened in the fourth quarter in F/D/M and how that portends to this expectation for more of those to be added also in 2020. Thanks.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes. So I’ll attack your second question first, and then I’ll come back on the channel. So second question first. Is the consumer scared away given the F/D/M channels — the FDA comments? The answer is no.

The consumer is not spooked by the FDA comments. We’re seeing our ingestibles business remains strong and our DTC specifically ingestible business remain very strong. So it’s not the consumer. It’s the lack of available distribution and availability of the distribution.

In terms of the segments and where we saw the growth. Although our B2B channel in Q4 was down 6%, that was primarily driven by — in our Q4, that was primarily driven by our natural channel that was down 11% and our F/D/M channel that was up 68%. And so that’s the mix that created the B2B being down 6% on the quarter. DTC, in that quarter, as you know, was up 14%.

And so DTC continued to drive strong growth, but it’s now really the independent natural channel that’s having the greatest impact in our Q4 numbers, and that’s really due to an oversaturation and the FDA comments. Now did that result in customers discontinuing our business? Absolutely not. What we did see is customers pulling back on previously committed expansion. And that’s, in large part, what impacted our businesses.

We had anticipated commitments and sales and new shipments going out in Q4. The FDA comments resulted in our retailers pulling back on those expansion plans. Those are the discussions that Derek asked me about, and those are discussions that are really getting reestablished in the context of the new FDA communication.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Thank you. That’s very helpful. And just one last one regarding Abacus, and of course, congratulations for the deal. I guess, two questions. One, I’m surprised that you’re guiding for the deal to close by the second quarter.

I think there is some antitrust overlap, so it may take longer, but correct me if I’m wrong. And then, more important than that, based on the market share numbers you gave yesterday for the F/D/M channel and the differentiated between food and drug, it sounds that they were a lot more successful than Charlotte’s Web in entering the drug channel with their topical products. Of course, that is something out of your plan. But I’m surprised about that given the cloud that Charlotte’s Web is supposed to have.

And so if they were doing so well in the drug channel, I know it’s a question more for them, why would they want to sell right now?

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Yes. Deanie, I’ll take the first part of that question.

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Yes, please.

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

As you — so regarding the timing, you’re right, Pablo. It’s HSR that it could take on the longer end of that out to 90 days. We are working with our attorneys and the Canadian regulatory to see if we will have to have that. If we don’t, the deal will move faster.

And that’s sort of really dependent on the regulatory review. Deanie?

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

In terms of the drug channel, you’re right, Abacus was slightly more developed in the drug channel. Let me give you some perspective, and I said this in my opening comments. Abacus today has over 50 unique SKUs. Charlotte’s Web today, in topicals, has two.

And so from a development standpoint, topicals in our portfolio only represents about 9% of our business, where, today, it is entirely the total Abacus business. And the other thing that’s very attractive about Abacus Health Products is that they are going after FDA-approved pharmacological need states, and so they’ve been able to gain distribution in non-CBD categories going up against category adjacencies in store. In a number of the stores where Abacus and Charlotte’s Web occupied together, we’re in different sections of the store. And so to Cory’s original point in terms of the business opportunity here, and it truly is a one plus one equals three.

Charlotte’s Web brings the cannabinoid insight, the genetics and the cultivation, the vertically integrated supply chain, the low-cost producer and the brand and the knowledge of ingestibles, while Abacus brings forward the enormous development in topicals. And so as you bring these two companies together, you truly create an advantaged CBD player in the market space. The reason why Abacus would be interesting to partner with us is all of the pieces I’ve talked to you about, cultivation, genetics, vertically integrated supply chain that, frankly, the scientific and innovation background, in addition to the management team, operational excellence focus. And so between our DTC, our vertically integrated supply chain, our innovation pipeline and our cultivation, we are providing access to parts of the portfolio that Abacus cannot get to today, and which will greatly enhance and accelerate innovation opportunities for the both of us going forward.

Cory Pala — Director of Investor Relations

Yes, Pablo. This is Cory. If I can just add one thing on the market share, according to latest Nielsen data on the mass drug sort of channel, Charlotte’s Web does have the No. 1 share at 29%.

And CBDMEDIC, which is the advocates product is at third place market share. So combined, we’re still — but we do have some ingestibles in some states. So it’s not apples to apples there. But just to clarify that Charlotte’s Web has the dominant share in food, drug, and mass.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Got it. Can I just squeeze in one last one? So the Abacus deal with the sponsorship deal with Robert Gronkowski and the beauty brand they were buying in terms of CBD that they announced in February, that’s not affected by this transaction, right, by you buying Abacus, I suppose or that’s [Inaudible]

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

That’s correct. Part of the deal includes whatever legal obligations they have under those. So for example, if someone had a change of control as a marketing representative for the company, that was conditional. So we’re all clear there.

Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

Right. Thank you.

Operator

There are no further questions at this time. I turn the call back over to your presenters.

Cory Pala — Director of Investor Relations

OK. Well, thank you, everyone, for participating in this extended call today. We will look forward to reporting on our Q1 results in mid-May. Thank you for attending.

Operator

[Operator signoff]

Duration: 60 minutes

Call participants:

Cory Pala — Director of Investor Relations

Deanie Elsner — Chief Executive Officer

Russ Hammer — Chief Financial Officer

Derek Dley — Canaccord Genuity — Analyst

Michael Lavery — Piper Sandler — Analyst

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Pablo Zuanic — Cantor Fitzgerald — Analyst

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Tilray’s hemp business was a bright spot in the company’s otherwise disappointing quarterly update.

Year to date, shares of Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) are down by 62%, and the company’s stock price is now at an all-time low. And while the entire stock market has been dragged down by fears surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, Tilray’s most recent quarterly update didn’t help, either. The company’s fourth-quarter financial results failed to impress investors, which caused Tilray’s shares to slide by 11.5% on the heels of the release of its earnings report.

However, there was at least one bright spot in Tilray’s earnings report, namely the fact that the company’s hemp business seems to be performing well.

Tilray’s hemp sales are growing

On Feb. 28, 2019, Tilray closed its acquisition of Manitoba Harvest, the “world’s largest hemp foods company,” which it acquired for CA$419 million. Manitoba Harvest distributes hemp-based products to about 16,000 stores in North America, with the majority of these stores being in the U.S. Thanks to this move, Tilray was able to enter the potentially lucrative U.S. market for cannabidiol (CBD), which is derived from hemp.

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However, Tilray’s hemp business extends beyond North America. According to the company’s CEO, Brendan Kennedy, “Our hemp products are available in over 17,000 retail doors in 20 countries around the world.” During the fourth quarter, the company’s revenue from hemp was $18.7 million, compared to $15.7 million recorded during the third quarter. For the full year, Tilray’s hemp revenue was $59.8 million.

Competitive challenges

In trying to conquer the U.S. hemp market, Tilray will have to deal with some challenges. The first of these is competition. Currently, Charlotte’s Web (OTC:CWBHF) — which offers several CBD-based products such as gummies, capsules, and oils — is one of the leaders in this market. In its latest reported quarter — the third quarter of its fiscal year 2019 — Charlotte’s Web recorded a revenue figure of $25.1 million, and the company said there were more than 9,000 stores in the U.S. carrying its products.

Charlotte’s Web is also in the process of ramping up its production capacity. The company is building a 147,000-square-foot facility (its current production facility is 40,000 square feet) that will multiply its output capacity by a factor of 10; the facility should be fully operational by the end of this year. Other companies are looking to carve out a niche for themselves in this business, but Charlotte’s Web is arguably the most notable one.

The second challenge Tilray will have to deal with is regulation. Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers in a press release that using CBD and CBD-based products may have negative health consequences, including liver injury.

The health industry regulator also said that the claims regarding the health benefits of CBD (such as the claims that it is effective in treating cancer) are unproven. The FDA even warned more than a dozen CBD companies for making unfounded claims about their products. With the regulatory environment still a bit shaky, Tilray will have to navigate this challenge if it hopes to be one of the leaders in this market.

Should you buy?

Tilray looks well-positioned to capture a fair share of the U.S. hemp market thanks to its acquisition of Manitoba Harvest. Does this make the company’s stock a buy? First, it is essential to acknowledge Tilray’s strengths. Most notably, the company has been able to build what Kennedy calls a “highly diversified cannabis business across three core markets, global medical, Canada adult-use and hemp.” In addition to the $18.7 million in hemp revenue generated during the fourth quarter — which accounted for about 40% of its total revenue — Tilray recorded $7.3 million in medical cannabis revenue and $17 million in revenue from recreational (adult-use) cannabis.

With that said, though, Tilray’s fourth-quarter revenue of $46.9 million represented a decrease of about 8.2% sequentially, and the company reported a net loss of $219.1 million, which is significantly worse than the $35.7 million net loss recorded during the third quarter. While Tilray’s top and bottom lines might start moving in the right direction soon, this cannabis stock isn’t worth buying, at least not until it shows it can consistently post strong financial results.

Prosper Junior Bakiny has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Charlotte’s Web. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.”>

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Q&A: TribeTokes Creators On Their New Line Of CBD Beauty Products

Women-led CBD brand TribeTokes is announcing a new collaboration this week that will bring its skincare line, TriBeauty, to the CBD Appeal Corner at Joel Warren’s Beauty parlor Project situated on the 7th floor of Saks Fifth Opportunity Flagship in New York City.

The brand was co-founded in 2015 by Investor and Serial Entrepreneur Degelis “Dege” Tufts and Influencer and Supporter Kymberly “KymB” Byrnes. They debuted the TriBeauty line in 2015, which includes a variety of various items including an eye cream, collagen increasing serum, and Superfood Mask.

The mask, which retails for $60, is one of the stars of the line. The 6-in-one solution plumps, oxygenates, hydrates, brightens, soothes, and safeguards skin. Beyond CBD it likewise consists of kale and spinach, in addition to white clay.

I caught up with the founders to discuss why they decided to launch the charm line, and what users might anticipate from a CBD-infused beauty product.

What made you wish to launch TriBeauty?

DT: When we initially began TribeTokes, prior to CBD was as common as it is today, there was a significant misperception that cannabinoids in topicals were implied to get you high, or that this was a technique for absorbing it into your blood stream. CBD actually has amazing benefits for your epidermis, in that it is calming, relaxing and anti-inflammatory.

KB: As a marijuana customer, my eyes would get very dry from the smoke. I started looking for an eye cream that had cbd and an all-natural formulation complimentary of dehydrating & severe chemicals … Back in 2016, that product didn’t exist on the market.

Why develop a CBD mask?

DT: CBD is powerfully nourishing to skins plagued by soreness, puffiness and inflammation, but to be clear we are not simply slapping CBD into white clay! The components of this mask are extremely thoughtful with unparalleled attention to information – kale and spinach extract (which have Vitamin K, Lutein, Folate and Vitamin A), Lavender, CoQ10, Aloe Vera, Citric Acid, Evening Primrose, Jojoba, Green White Tea, Olive, Rosemary and Wild Oranges. By offering skin premium natural active ingredients, skin tones perform much better even days after usage.

TriBeauty CBD Superfood Facemask

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KB: CBD integrated with the natural components in our Superfood Mask is a marriage made in heaven! Including CBD helps minimize redness and swelling.

Is there a particular skin type or skin problem that the mask is most effective for?

DT: Our mask has a vast array of advantages: collagen production, killing bacteria in your pores, reducing fine lines/wrinkles, decreasing acne scarring, decreasing inflammation, roughness and puffiness, carefully exfoliating, and night out complexion. A lot of these things are taking place listed below the surface on a cellular level, however the greatest high level feedback from consumers is that their skin feels much BETTER, PLUMPER and SOFTER right away after using the mask.

KB: Whether you are worried about acne or anti-aging, CBD is remarkable for all skin types. Considering that inflammation is the primary reason for all skin problem, CBD helps soothe the skin tone while gently sparking detox within the layers of the skin, creating collagen production and lowering excess oil production.

For someone that isn’t already utilizing CBD in their appeal routine, what are some of the advantages of using items like your eye cream and facemask? How will results vary from using a non-CBD item?

DT: Anybody with inflammation, puffiness, inflammation, deflated, ultra dry or challenging mix skin, or acne needs to think about including formulations with CBD to their appeal regimen.

KB: CBD is a powerful antioxidant, anti-pollutant and anti-inflammatory. The CBD Eye Cream Rescue comes in convenient after late nights as our potent infusion of high quality CBD is best for decreasing puffiness quickly. The mask is fantastic to promote the blood circulation on the facial skin however with the CBD you won’t stress about getting any soreness or inflammation.

Is the hemp utilized in your charm items the same as what you use in your vape pens?

DT: We utilize three different types of hemp-derived CBD in our skincare items depending upon the item – CBD isolate, CBD extract, and water-soluble CBD isolate. The complete spectrum CBD extract is the very same as what we use in the vape pens. Some products, such as our forthcoming CBD Cucumber Eye Gel and CBD Rose Goji toner, require water soluble CBD to blend properly. We create each product depending upon what makes good sense and will be the most reliable.

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TriBeauty

KB: Having a background in the hemp market, opposed to other brands going into the CBD skincare space from the appeal industry, we have our supply chain in place and source our CBD from our strong relationships with premium farms and processors. We’re not just tossing any old CBD into a serum or mask.

Any existing plans to broaden your CBD appeal line? If you were going to broaden, what other products would you potentially have an interest in contributing to the lineup?

In addition to our facemask, we just launched two new serums in the past quarter: TRIBEAUTY’s CBD Collagen Boosting Serum and TRIBEAUTY’s CBD Vitamin C Ferulic Acid Super Serum. In addition to a couple of other launches in our TRIBEAUTY line, we are currently formulating items developed specifically for guys, and likewise sexual wellness.

KB: As I turn 42 this year my skin care needs have actually started to alter and let me inform you anti-aging is the # 1 concern. We are extremely delighted to launch a rose water toner which is terrific for stabilizing the microbiome of the skin (like our gut our skin has good and bad bacteria and plants). I am specifically delighted for the upcoming Hydrating Cucumber Eye Gel which brightens and tightens as it calms. We’re always checking out more ways to harness the power of CBD through beauty and wellness.

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Lord Jones’ First-Ever Face Product Is A Miracle Worker In A Jar

On the heels of Sephora unveiling its new “CBD at Sephora” standards last month, Lord Jones — the first cannabis brand the beauty retailer embraced — has launched its official foray into the facial skincare category: Lord Jones Whole Plant Formula Acid Mantle Repair CBD Moisturizer.

As an early disrupter in both the luxury cannabis and CBD beauty spaces, Lord Jones has remained an industry leader for its forward-thinking approach to the emerging CBD skincare market, which is projected to be worth $959 million by 2024, according to a recent report from cannabis market intelligence and strategic consultancy firm Prohibition Partners.

Unveiled exclusively on its own e-commerce site on March 10, the product will roll out across select Lord Jones retail partners nationwide and in within its 21 Sephora endcaps in New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, and Massachusetts as well as on Sephora.com next month. Its latest launch joins its best-selling body care products: High CBD Body Lotion, Royal Oil, Tamara Mellon High CBD Formula Stiletto Cream, Heavy Duty Chill Balm, High CBD Body Oil, and High CBD Bath Salts. Lord Jones expanded to 282 Sephora stores at the start of the year.

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“When we launched at Sephora two years ago, we were the only [CBD] brand in a national beauty retailer. At that time, CBD was not yet available at mainstream retail and could only be discovered at select indie boutiques or dispensaries,” said Lord Jones founder and CEO Robert Rosenheck. “Sephora was a visionary partner and joined us on our mission to normalize cannabis use in the wellness category. The passage of the Farm Bill in December 2018 opened a floodgate and now there are thousands of brands including traditional beauty brands entering the space, creating a maze for the consumer to navigate. For us, CBD isn’t a trend, it’s all we do.”

Started in 2017 by Rosenheck and his wife, Lord Jones chief brand officer and co-founder Cindy Capobianco, the company itself was acquired for $300 million last year by the Canadian cannabis corporation Cronos, allowing for increased spending for product innovation and retail expansion.

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“One of the founding principles of Lord Jones was to introduce best-in-class skincare formulations with the finest ingredients for unmatched performance,” said Capobianco. “Entering the face category was a natural next step for us. Many of our customers have been using our multi-purpose Royal Oil as a face oil, but for our first dedicated Lord Jones face product, we wanted to break new ground.”

While most of Sephora’s in-house competitor CBD brands are best-known for facial serums like Saint Jane, Prima, and Flora + Bast, Lord Jones is taking on an entirely different and largely unknown problem and solution in skincare: the acid mantle. So what exactly is it?

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“Most people don’t know what the acid mantle is. It’s a protective barrier produced by healthy skin that serves as a primary defense between our face and the world,” explained Capobianco. “Over-cleansing, over-exfoliation and harsh acids have become trendy, but throw the acid mantle out of balance making skin susceptible to irritation and future damage.”

Inside each 1.7-ounce glass jar, a thick, creamy formula is infused with 250 milligrams of full spectrum, hemp-derived CBD oil blended with a pH balanced formula featuring a five-ceramide complex (compounds similar to those naturally occurring in the skin), hyaluronic acid, sunflower seed oil and sustainably-sourced squalane (the natural skin hydrator our sebaceous glands make) that replenishes moisture for smooth, supple skin. A luxe, gold-plated spoon is also included to massage the moisturizer into the face. Lord Jones Whole Plant Formula Acid Mantle Repair CBD Moisturizer retails for $75.

“This is a formula that will change the way people think about skincare,” added Capobianco. “We wanted to take on the challenge of caring for an often overlooked part of your face.”

Lord Jones’ new moisturizer promises to rebalance and repair every skin type and it delivers. La Mer who?

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Meet The Female Founder Behind The Luxury Botanical Aromatics + Cannabis Brand, HIGHBORN

I had never tried a full-spectrum CBD product before—until a few days ago.

Last week I was catching up with up with a friend who asked me how life was going. As I shared the raw truth about how stressful things in my world currently are (I am selling my house, preparing to move out of state, my travel start-up is in a state of limbo due to the current coronavirus outbreak, not to mention raging hormones from perimenopause, and a puppy with giardia), she suggested I try out something that could ease some of my anxiety. At my limit, I was open to her suggestion.

A couple days later, a care package arrived. It was few products from HIGHBORN, a new botanically based aromatic brand that offers anointing oil rollers, body mists, and body oils that come with reiki-charged crystals inside each bottle with the option to have full-spectrum CBD included in the alchemic formulations. As I rolled Moon Saber, a beautiful blend of Blue Tansy, Neroli, and CBD onto my pulse points, I gradually went from an ‘11’ (yes, that’s a ‘Spinal Tap’ movie reference) to about a ‘4’. I was sold and my intrigue to learn more about the brand and its founder was piqued.

“I’m a believer that everyone’s path is unique,” explains Lauren Gannes, the founder and formulator of HIGHBORN when I ask her how she came up with her start-up idea. She speaks from experience. Gannes’ professional endeavors span from design assistance in couture to being an executive assistant for high-level executives. “Ultimately, I became a professional dragon slayer. The fear of failure was a tiny voice that I pushed to the side when I decided to go the creative entrepreneur route. Never wanting to regret ‘not trying’ became the larger inspiration, and from a place of creative, play, and hard work, HIGHBORN birthed in 2018.”

Gannes self-funded HIGHBORN with a modest five thousand dollar investment and the help of many friends she enlisted who lent their noses, time, and opinions to help guide her with the initial formulations. “If nothing else, this would be an inspiration for my daughter Sloane to follow her dream,” she tells me. As for the brand’s name, “It’s a call out to all of us being born into royalty. It’s a state of mind—a state of believing.”

The first product Gannes created was Défumé, which translates to ‘without smoke’ and was formulated as a new use case for Palo Santo. “I was inspired to create an energy cleansing aromatic ritual that was different from anything else, and minus the smoke,” explains Gannes. “My mother asks all the time where I learned this and truly—aside from a Somme course that I took many moons ago—I am self-taught and led by my intuition. You’ve got to be OK with creating things that aren’t great. It’s part of the journey to greatness.”

Gannes takes sourcing her raw materials seriously and in particular seeks to work with suppliers that have a seed-to-sale philosophy. “All of our ingredients are sourced from farmers who engage in renewable practices and are accompanied by certificates of origination, dates of production, and safety data sheets,” states Gannes, who is a self-described ingredient ‘snob’. “I stop nothing short of that when selecting the right essential oils; they are the purest representation of plants, so you want to make sure they’re sourced from the best-of-the-best.”

With mindful consumption a cornerstone of the brand on every level, HIGHBORN utilizes recyclable packaging and mailers to both its B2B and D2C customers. In the upcoming weeks, the brand also plans to offer a packaging opt-out option. “Any material outside of what is needed to ensure your goods arrive safely will be eliminated if the consumer selects that option online,” Gannes tells me. “I think it is accurate to consider us in the carbon-offset category. We are mindful about our consumption, mindful about our customers’ consumption, and strive to align with vendors who are forward thinking.”

HIGHBORN launched as an all-natural aromatic ritual company without the addition of CBD and still offers products without CBD. However, after discovering a CBD supplier who was aligned with the brand’s practices and philosophies (in addition to blending beautifully with HIGHBORN’s formulations), it was a no brainer for Gannes to add CBD into certain blends.

“CBD is an amazing ingredient, and we love amazing ingredients, so the additional vertical made a lot of sense to us. But it had to live in co-existence with the original inspiration,” Gannes explains. “I would like to think that adding CBD made our brand more inclusive. One of my primary interests is to continue sharing information on the clean beauty and CBD fronts. I believe that creating more fluency will empower consumers, period.”

Gannes has created an array of products that are not only effective, but also celebrate the duality found in nature and our lives by pairing opposite healing plants together. “We explore this juxtaposition and that results in something that is curiously bold and unexpected,” says Gannes. Duality and opposite philosophies aren’t anything new for Gannes, beginning with her parents’ professions —her father is a radiologist rooted in Western medicine and her mother is a Reiki practitioner.

When I ask Gannes how having parents whose work was based on two totally different philosophies she tells me, “It was like ‘Dharma and Greg’. And that sort of sums it up. Light doesn’t exist without the dark, and so on. It was harmonious and even comical at times. But joking aside, it was exceptional for me to grow up witnessing two different healing modalities, as it opened my mind to integrative wellness. I was, and am, a very lucky kid.”

In addition to sustainability, shining a light on topics that need to be discussed openly without shame is important to Gannes personally as well as the brand, which is why she chose to partner with The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s youth and young adults.

“As someone who has lived with anxiety most of my life, I deeply value the de-stigmatizing of mental health issues and broadening the resource and dialogue around the human experience,” explains Gannes. “I was fortunate to have support all of my life, and I found meditation and self-love. I’m passionate about many causes, but I felt choosing one thing for now felt more focused. For me, this is authentic and super relevant. The state of the world is very much reflected in the way people value themselves, without a doubt. Jed Foundation is also NY based, transparent with their books, and above all, doing the work.”

As for what new is on the horizons, Gannes tells me, “I was just commissioned by The Rubin Museum of Art to create a fragrance symbolic of their Impermanence exhibit, which is a key tenet of Buddhism and based on the idea that everything changes. It’s an experience that unites us all an accepting this reality allows us to be present in the moment.”

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Friday’s Best Deals: Aukey USB-C Hub, Cyberpunk 2077 Pre-Order Sale, Pokemon Sword, and More

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Their base stations, which can wirelessly charge up to four Apple devices at once (including your iPhone and AirPods) are particularly alluring. And if you buy one now, they’ll knock 50% off a premium braided Kevlar cable. Starting at $100, the Nomad Base Station Hub Edition is built with padded leather and supports 10W wireless charging for one device, and 7.5W for two.

The upgraded $150 version of the Base Station features a built-in Apple Watch charger as well, so you no longer have to juggle your chargers and devices—they’ll all be in one place. Meanwhile, the USB-C to Lighting (and USB-C to USB-C) Kevlar cables are sturdy and resistant, protected by double-braided fibers and reinforced by Kevlar’s signature central core.

Newegg is offering one of the best deals on the best noise canceling headphones right now, the Sony WH1000XM3 Noise Canceling Headphones.

While supplies last, you can snag them and mute the entire world around you for $238, which is $60 less than usual.

And, sure, that’s is still a big investment, but if you spend a lot of time in noisy planes and trains, or if you work in an open, or even need to focus while working from home you won’t find a better set of headphones.

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At MSRP, its $100 price tag is a little steep if I’m honest, but at $70 with our exclusive code KINJIA97R (plus the clippable coupon on the site), it’s actually quite tempting. The 5.5-liter unit, designed for large rooms, is capable of clearing out dry air for 45 hours straight on one fill. It covers rooms up to 200-450 sq. foot which, seeing as my apartment is 550 sq. foot in its entirety, means you might only need one.

But if you have a larger apartment or house, it’s not a bad idea to shell out for one in each room. In the winter, you can even set the temperature to dispense warm mist up to 140°F, for a sauna-like experience. That said, warm mist mode is automatically disabled at night to keep you safe and sound from overheating and disruptive noise.

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It seems like you can’t sneeze or cough these days without drawing a death stare. An air purifier may not protect you from something like, say, an airborne virus, but it can at least suck up all the tiny dust particles and pollen that keep you allergies in check. This Hamilton Beach TrueAir Purifier with HEPA filter is usually $60, but you can take 15% off with coupon code TRUEAIR15.

Like most other purifiers, it claims to capture 99% of anything as small as three microns, but unlike a lot of others, it has a permanent filter that doesn’t need replacing. If you’re tired of your daily dose of Benadryl, then this could save you a ton of headache and money in the long run.

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Each part is made with BPA-free 18/8 stainless steel, so they’re built to last. Order yours now, while supplies last.

There’s a lot of discourse surrounding the benefits of CBD and whether the Cannabid sativa extract is actually beneficial to those experiencing chronic pain and anxiety or if it’s a placebo cleverly marketed as a cure-all antidote. Whatever you believe (I, myself, have seen the positive effects of a good batch), JustCBD is offering 25% off its entire selection of CBD gummies right now using our exclusive discount code KINJA25.

Chill out, maybe watch a movie and fall asleep halfway through. It’s Friday, anything is on the table! Gummies at CBD start at 8mg and cap out at 25mg/piece, so there’s a wide gamut of dosages to choose from. Especially right now, we need all the help we can get for our mental and physical health. To that extent, CBD is a proven aid, and gummies are the most fun way to consume it.

Real talk, now is the time to spring clean your wardrobe. Think about it, everyone is stuck inside with no one to impress. Naturally, the deals are gonna be real cheap. And with our exclusive promo code KINJA15, this includes Cashmere Boutique where you can get the already discounted men’s cashmere polo sweater for an additional 15% off.

Normally sold for $259, this plus the 67% markdown already in place, brings your total cost down to $110. But that’s not all. Until midnight tonight, you can save 40-50% on all cashmere products, no checkout code required. Shop men’s cardigans, ladies’ cashmere coats, scarves, throws and blankets, and even pure cashmere dog clothes in case your pupper gets nippy.

This discount also extends to sale items, like the casual but classy women’s V-neck boyfriend sweater for $100 or the men’s cashmere hoodie for $175. Now I’m no math genius, but that sounds like a steal.

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While no one out there will be judging how you look (considering… everything,) it never hurts to be ready with a fresh new look for when you are allowed to hang with all of your cool friends again.

Anthropologie, as you may know, is one of our faves, and right now they’re kicking off the weekend early with an additional 50% off already marked-down sale items. Shop clothing, home and furniture, plus-size items, petite, shoes and accessories, and *lets out breathbeauty and wellness.

That’s a whole lot of sales from a store that normally caters first and foremost to affluent taste. Feeling militant right now? You can get this badass camo sweatshirt, for instance, for just $20 at checkout. In the mood to relax in a comfy bed with a good book and mood lighting? Consider pairing this $8 candle with a Helen Dealtry velvet garden quilt and a set of color-tipped pillows.

No matter your style or preference, you’re bound to find something for you in Anthropologie’s weekend-long extra 50% off discounted items sale. Get off to an early start and peruse all the offerings before they’re gone.

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REI membership is required to take advantage of this deal. Not a member? A lifetime membership is available for just $20. That’s a great deal, when you consider how often REI sales occur and all the perks it has.

This sale lasts until the first week of April, so you have time to shop around. But remember, the best stuff always disappears early. So get yours before some ruggedly handsome rando takes your stuff.

Ladies, Spring is here and Summer is right behind it, so now is the perfect time to find your new look. PUR is taking up to 35% off all purchases depending on how much money you spend. Every order gets 20% off with code SAVEMORE20. From there, the savings jump the more you spend:

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There’s a shaky history behind antivirus software, mostly due to high cost, obtrusive ads, spyware, and a knack to gorge on system resources. Lots of programs have improved in all of those areas over time, such as Webroot, which makes an Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DDQGPMZ”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Webroot-Antivirus-Protection-Internet-Security/dp/B07DDQGPMZ/?ascsubtag=6864c17783887f3f33de6d702271970d5ef6aa93&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>antivirus app designed specifically for gamers that’s $10 off at Amazon today. You’ll get a full year of coverage for one computer for that price.

Webroot combines its deep threat definitions and scanning with a lightweight UI, faster scans, and a system optimizer that helps keep your operating system running its best.

If you’re a student who needs internet access to keep up with studies, Comcast wants to woo you with a $150 Visa gift card. All you’ll need to do is prove you’re a student, and you’ll get the free money as long as you’re on the Performance Starter+ Internet, Choice TV Select Double Play, or Choice TV Select Double Play+ packages. Note that this offer only extends to students who have been forced to live off-campus. Those still firmly entrenched in dorm life need not apply. The deal is on through June 1, 2020.

Whether you’re into food, ~~travel~~, fashion, tech features, or anything in between, Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/s/browse/ref=gbps_img_s-5_a544_1483f24f?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&ie=UTF8&node=11585862011&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=73793677-0789-40d9-9f0d-77265ab8a544&pf_rd_r=4G5PBE08P77NQSJC8CEB&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_t=701&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Amazon has a year-long digital magazine subscription to sell you for as little as $5. Your options include Bon Apetit, Allrecipes, WIRED (congrats Alan!), Popular Mechanics and a whole lot more.

It’s pretty likely you have some spare time on your hands, so why not load your Kindle with a few magazines, and learn some new recipes?

Buying a new laptop—in this economy!?!?! I don’t think so. Back Market’s got what you want, certified refurbed, environmentally friendly, and still downright sexy. And right now, they’re offering $10 off your first purchase with the promo code SPRING2020 to celebrate their new dedicated Remote Work shop.

Looking for trustworthy editorial recommendations of the best laptops? You could check with Gizmodo (open link in new tab and come back pls!). Or, Back Market themselves have curated a list of older laptops that are still just as good for working at home. Their number one pick is the MacBook Air ($329), followed closely by the Microsoft Surface (Pro 4; $379).

Itching to save on a Chromebook? Consider the HP Chromebook 14 G1 ($180). And last but certainly not least is the Lenovo Chromebook N20-22, which you can snag for just $80 right now. And if you think that’s a steal, wait until yo hear about their selection of pre-owned unlocked phones. iPhone 8 for $220? Galaxy Note 8 for $251? All $10 off with our exclusive SPRING2020 coupon.

If you want to improve your Nintendo Switch handheld experience, consider investing in Hori’s Split Pad Pro Demon X Machina Controller. Much more comfortable than the standard Joy-Con, these alternatives offer full-sized joysticks and programmable underside buttons.

Here’s what Kotaku had to say:

The Grip controller is pretty limited. It doesn’t have an internal battery, so it can only be used when attached to the Switch. It’s got no gyro sensor, infrared camera, NFC communication or vibration. What it does have is chunky buttons, large analog sticks, a proper d-pad and what looks like a nice heft.

Hori used the extra real estate on the Grip controller to add a programmable button on the back, which can be mapped to any other button on the controller.

Right now, it’s just $41 and that’s the lowest price ever offered on Amazon.

Get ready to leave this world and escape to one permeated with orcs, clerics, and elves—the Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786965592?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>D&D starter set is on sale for $12 over at Amazon. Better still, if you’re going to be stuck inside for the foreseeable future, you might as well go deep into the lore and shell out for the Essentials Kit, Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786966831?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>which is also on sale, for $16. Although, sure, you won’t be able to play with your friends in person, you can at least learn the rules and play remotely.

Who knew social distancing could inspire new hobbies?

Razer makes some of the best gaming keyboards on the market, including this Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B075LT1NS1″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075LT1NS1?ascsubtag=af4f77dca42d193a172896279bcf9a833f5760cf&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>BlackWidow TE Chroma v2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, which is down to just $70. You can choose from three distinct Razer proprietary switch types: green (tactile and clicky,) orange (tactile and silent,) and yellow (linear and silent.)

I love that Razer includes a magnetic wrist rest to keep you comfy even during the competitive grind. Oh and, of course, this tenkeyless keyboard glows in all of Razer’s Chroma RGB lighting. It’s fun!

It’s back! Right now, Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07PC7X38X”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Sword-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B07PC7X38X/?ascsubtag=c9c3fadb4a20501a2c691608ae88412417ca9cda&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Amazon and Target are selling Pokémon Sword for just $49. I’ve spent 75 130 hours on Pokémon Sword, and I can tell you that it’s the Pokémon game I’ve been waiting years for. And this a dollar off the best deal we’ve seen on this incredibly good Nintendo Switch game.

Pre-order *Cyberpunk 2077* (Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJWBYKP”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJWBYKP?ascsubtag=2df78224cc35827bd6b017b669f5bbba9a6de53c&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>PS4, Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJW4WZC”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJW4WZC?ascsubtag=0afa3ed56473be416cbe0d226e7494f961fade1f&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Xbox One, Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07T8BP118″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T8BP118?ascsubtag=aa5545cdbb8d36d788639c6b0aa494b707de53ee&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>PC) | $50 | Amazon

As it often does for hot new games, Amazon is taking $10 off pre-orders for Cyberpunk 2077, the ambitious open-world game by CD Projekt Red, makers of the critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Your total is $50 with the deal, and that goes whether you Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJWBYKP”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJWBYKP?ascsubtag=2df78224cc35827bd6b017b669f5bbba9a6de53c&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>buy on PlayStation 4, Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJW4WZC”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJW4WZC?ascsubtag=0afa3ed56473be416cbe0d226e7494f961fade1f&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Xbox One, or Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07T8BP118″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T8BP118?ascsubtag=aa5545cdbb8d36d788639c6b0aa494b707de53ee&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>PC.

Unlike Geralt of the ancient (and totally fictitious) land of Rivia, Cyberpunk takes us into a not-so-distant future where guys good and bad are yoked up with cybernetic enhancements. Life is generally fine until it’s discovered there’s a prototypical component that grants immortality to whoever has it installed, and, of course, all hell breaks loose to secure it.

Cyberpunk 2077 was originally set to be out this Spring, but it has since been delayed to September 17, 2020. Pre-order now, and Amazon will offer you the lowest price if it drops again before release date.

Mobile Devices

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Home Goods

Oral-B Genius X Toothbrush | $150 | Best Buy
Hamilton Beach TrueAir HEPA Air Purifier | $51 | Hamilton Beach
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B000U5ZPJ6″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000U5ZPJ6?ascsubtag=b8567b9a2157320db23c95a36c098fe3941a9e3e&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Natrol Melatonin Time Release Tablets | $2 | Amazon
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Smart Home

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07R3S2PVX”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Eufy-BoostIQ-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07R3S2PVX/?ascsubtag=66876fcf1e1a8116b2e55e292fe7ecf7c9debac7&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Anker eufy BoostIQ 11S Max Robot Vacuum | $180 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07QW758KX”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QW758KX?ascsubtag=852fd1f2bd02ecc66d613610c4a55213845540b6&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Goovi Robot Vacuum | $110 | Amazon Gold Box | Clip coupon on-site

Kitchen

Keurig K-Slim Single-Serve Coffee Maker | $90 | Best Buy
Insignia 20-Cup Rice Cooker | $50 | Best Buy
Cuisinart Deluxe Convection Toaster Oven Broiler | $90 | Best Buy
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07PWYP29Q”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PWYP29Q?ascsubtag=0b7e15276fa5b3bd80d2e928d9b674c0d07ed1fc&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Stanley White Adventure Shot Glass and Flask Set | $19 | Amazon
Schmidt Brothers 7-Piece Knife Set | $80 | Best Buy
ThermoWorks ThermaPen Mk4 (Various) | $80 | ThermoWorks
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B079D3WW5N”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Country-Time-Sparkling-Lemonade-Count/dp/B079D3WW5N/?ascsubtag=7e500df6c2b7b3f20bac1ba25aa87afcaa90c9a0&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Country Time Sparkling Lemonade 6-Pack (4ct) | $18 | Amazon

Tools & Auto

Sony DSXB700 In-Dash Multimedia Player | $65 | Best Buy
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B01BAJK7DE”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-1025X-Multifunction-Performance-Stonewashed/dp/B01BAJK7DE?ascsubtag=470126dd47abc5f7b93d46e88a1d858778939734&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Kershaw Cinder (1025X) Multifunction Pocket Knife | $7 | Amazon

Travel

Apparel

Tech Shirt Sale | $35-$39 | JACHS NY | Use the promo code TECH at checkout
Save 25% On All Orders $75+ | Forever 21 | Use code STAYIN25
50% Off Sale Items | Sorel | Use code SORELSALE
Extra 50% off Sale Items | Anthropologie
Men’s Cashmere Polo Sweater | $110 | Cashmere Boutique | Promo code KINJA15
Up to 50% off Sitewide | Cashmere Boutique

Beauty & Grooming

Up to 35% Off Cosmetics | PUR | Use code SAVEMORE20, SAVEMORE25, SAVEMORE30, SAVEMORE35
30% Off Skincare Products | Purlisse | Use code FACE30
17% off Oil Tinctures | CBDistillery
25% off CBD Gummies | JustCBD | Promo code KINJA25

Camping & Outdoors

Fitness

Yunmai Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Scale | $38 | Woot

Movies & TV

Mix and Match Two 4K UHD Films for $15 | VUDU
Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Digital HD) | $30 | Apple iTunes
The Dark Knight Trilogy (Digital HD) | $15 | Apple iTunes
Star Trek: Enterprise: The Complete Series (Digital HD) | $40 | Apple iTunes
Veep: The Complete Series (Digital HD) | $50 | Apple iTunes
Karate Kid Trilogy (Digital HD) | $15 | Apple iTunes
LEGO 3-Film Collection (Digital HD) | $15 | Apple iTunes
Planet of the Apes Trilogy (Digital HD) | $15 | Apple iTunes
Tron (Digital HD) | $10 | Microsoft Store
Tron: Legacy (Digital HD) | $10 | Microsoft Store
Pay for 2 Months, Get Amazon Fire TV Stick Free | Sling TV

Books & Comics

Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/s/browse/ref=gbps_img_s-5_a544_1483f24f?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&ie=UTF8&imprToken=ASiAW3gwjn8jbqsXe3yp-g&linkCode=w61&node=11585862011&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=73793677-0789-40d9-9f0d-77265ab8a544&pf_rd_r=4G5PBE08P77NQSJC8CEB&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_t=701&slotNum=1&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Digital Magazine Subscriptions Starting at $5 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=gbps_tit_s-5_639a_240d78cb?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&creativeASIN=7788141011&imprToken=OLt0oVjfYdAPnlXC0rViig&linkCode=w61&node=7788141011&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=dfe4fba9-3c53-4552-8972-97cb24cf639a&pf_rd_r=F3A2W9S8KVENXJGHKJ0Q&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_t=701&slotNum=3&smid=A3T7DQBB0CKEM6&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Kindle Books Starting at $1 | Amazon

Gift Cards

$150 Visa Gift Card w/ Xfinity Service for Students | Comcast
$100 Hulu Gift Card + $15 Best Buy Gift Card | $100 | Best Buy

Peripherals

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B075LT1NS1″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075LT1NS1?ascsubtag=af4f77dca42d193a172896279bcf9a833f5760cf&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Razer BlackWidow TE Chroma V2 Mechanical Keyboard | $70 | Amazon

PC

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07T8BP118″]]” href=”https://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/Qty_072J4Z4wiZuHIOWJ4AUAAAFxG_gvdAEAAAFKAb4tQJM/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T8BP118?ascsubtag=aa5545cdbb8d36d788639c6b0aa494b707de53ee&creativeASIN=B07T8BP118&imprToken=6eem0Ak7Pvd0dfwa0cMgog&linkCode=w61&slotNum=2&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Cyberpunk 2077 (Pre-order) | $50 | Amazon
Human Fall Flat – 2 Pack | $6 | Newegg

PlayStation 4

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJWBYKP”]]” href=”https://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/Qty_072J4Z4wiZuHIOWJ4AUAAAFxG_gvdAEAAAFKAb4tQJM/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJWBYKP?ascsubtag=2df78224cc35827bd6b017b669f5bbba9a6de53c&creativeASIN=B07DJWBYKP&imprToken=6eem0Ak7Pvd0dfwa0cMgog&linkCode=w61&slotNum=0&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Cyberpunk 2077 (Pre-order) | $50 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07Q39DBJY”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q39DBJY?ascsubtag=05f9abd37d8015cf7c4a584b15da1ed8690bc65e&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Borderlands 3 | $20 | Amazon

Xbox One

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07DJW4WZC”]]” href=”https://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/Qty_072J4Z4wiZuHIOWJ4AUAAAFxG_gvdAEAAAFKAb4tQJM/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJW4WZC?ascsubtag=0afa3ed56473be416cbe0d226e7494f961fade1f&creativeASIN=B07DJW4WZC&imprToken=6eem0Ak7Pvd0dfwa0cMgog&linkCode=w61&slotNum=1&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Cyberpunk 2077 (Pre-order) | $50 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07Q5CHX16″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q5CHX16?ascsubtag=26ec4fcd2c171cf7f13688c4c5806f9f4b550270&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Borderlands 3 | $20 | Amazon

Nintendo

Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07T5QKKVP”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Machina-Ergonomic-Controller-Handheld/dp/B07T5QKKVP/?ascsubtag=0b37015cac7b8afc7e839ec65ce86ae3b93093d7&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>HORI Nintendo Switch Split Pad Pro | $41 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07PC7X38X”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Sword-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B07PC7X38X?ascsubtag=c9c3fadb4a20501a2c691608ae88412417ca9cda&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Pokémon Sword | $50 | Amazon
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | $46 | eBay
PowerA Enhanced Wireless Controller (Poke Ball) | $29 | Target
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07GXMZ4TY”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wireless-GameCube-Controller-Console-Included/dp/B07GXMZ4TY/?ascsubtag=d02efa552d4a16da7162c54a78644acb7b344791&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>PowerA Wireless GameCube-Style Controller | $40 | Amazon

Toys & Board Games

Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | $9 | Amazon | Clip coupon on-site
Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07D1KN661″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/NEOGEO-Mini-International-electronics-games/dp/B07D1KN661?ascsubtag=9fa12f7db6098f71bd6db655257a0ee085433cac&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Neo Geo Mini International | $50 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786965592?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | $12 | Amazon
Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786966831?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit | $16 | Amazon

Need more space? You’ll save a lot more money buying mechanical hard drives, but if you’re ready to commit to solid-state on a bigger level, today is the perfect time to upgrade. Newegg has the 1TB HP EX950 M.2 solid-state drive for $130. Not feeling HP? Western Digital’s track record in reliability is unmatched, and its 1TB WD Black M.2 SSD is also discounted with promo code EMCDEFM34, though you’ll be paying handsomely for that brand safety at a final price tag of $180.

These M.2 solid-state drives interface with PCIe 3.0 x4 via an NVMe interface. For those who don’t speak Klingon, that just means they’ll load your files, games, and operating system faster than just about anything else out there right now. You’ll need to make sure your motherboard is compatible, though. Just look for an M.2 slot, and chances are you’ll be good to go.

With so much more in-home traffic to contend with, you’re probably tired of sweeping all the excess dirt and dust that’s accumulating. Let Anker help with its eufy Boost IQ 11S robot vacuum, which has roughly twice the power of its predecessor and Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07R3S2PVX”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Eufy-BoostIQ-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07R3S2PVX/?ascsubtag=66876fcf1e1a8116b2e55e292fe7ecf7c9debac7&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>sits on Amazon with a $70 discount down to $180 right now. It can go for over an hour and a half before needing to recharge, and you don’t even need to touch it for that—the little fella finds its own way to the charging base, thank you very much.

Walmart is clearing out all of their Ferrero Rocher gift boxes and, of course, you should consider picking a couple up. You’ve got two options: a standard one with the Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut that you’re super familiar with for $13 and the one with dark chocolate and coconut added in for $16. Personally, I think the standard 42-count is the better option. I mean, why mess with perfection?

The downside? Walmart is basically forcing you to buy two (tragic, no?) to get free shipping. Regardless, it’s a great option.

And, for what it’s worth, I think I’ll be ordering a few myself to send to a few friends during this crappy time.

Summer barbecue season is inching closer and closer, so it might be time to invest in a truly great meat thermometer, and you can score a rare 20% discount on one of the the best one today.

Our readers love the Thermapen because it displays the temperature in 2 – 3 seconds, has a 3,000 hour battery, is waterproof, and is accurate to within 0.7°F.

Here are just a few readers gushing over it:

Thermapen Classic (or really any of the Thermapens). Bar none the best thermometer for cooking I have ever bought — accept no substitutes.

Somewhat expensive at ~$70-$120 range, but I’ve been using mine for years and years, and it still gives me an accurate reading in less than three seconds. Well, well worth the price. Especially excellent for the grill. – theburners

Without a doubt. No other thermometer comes close. I’ve said it before on Kinja that the Thermapen is the best piece of kitchen equipment I’ve ever bought. – the-return-of-samba00

This model is actually the newer Mk 4., which unlike the Thermapen classic includes a backlit screen, better waterproofing, better battery, and a motion sensor that automatically puts it to sleep and wakes it up.

Tear those Amazon boxes a new one with Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B01BAJK7DE”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-1025X-Multifunction-Performance-Stonewashed/dp/B01BAJK7DE?ascsubtag=470126dd47abc5f7b93d46e88a1d858778939734&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>this discounted pocket knife. Despite it’s diminutive build, this steel blade packs a lot of useful features including a bottle opener, lanyard hole and a liner lock. Plus it’s only $7.

Just because you’re stuck inside doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be practicing your skincare routine. If you haven’t already tried them yet, Purlisse is offering its full-sized creams, balms, and moisturizers for 30% off, and all you’ll need to do is use code FACE30 at checkout. Buy $50 or more in product, and you’ll get free shipping, too. Some choice highlights include this Watermelon Aqua Balm, plus the Blue Lotus and Perfect Glow BB moisturizers, both of which include SPF 30 sunscreen (not that you’ll need it much right now). You can buy once or subscribe to regular shipments, and you can pay for it over four months’ time with Afterpay.

Want to relive classics like The King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Metal Slug 3? Then break out that Ulysses S. Grant, because the international edition of the arcade cabinet-fashioned Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07D1KN661″]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/NEOGEO-Mini-International-electronics-games/dp/B07D1KN661?ascsubtag=9fa12f7db6098f71bd6db655257a0ee085433cac&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>SNK NeoGeo Mini is $50 on Amazon right now. It’s small enough that you can carry it around on walks out to the park. The instant save/load function makes it easy to pick up and put down on a whim.

With a 3.5-inch screen, 40 classics from one of the golden eras of gaming, and a built-in joystick and stereo speakers, it’s a fun little system to play at home or on the go. HDMI-out makes it possible to bring your session to the big screen, and a USB power supply means you can hook it up to Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B012NIQG5E”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Portable-Charger-26800mAh-External/dp/B012NIQG5E?ascsubtag=bb1d4dc45754cb17b0ee66ea638ae0e32c0a0d79&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>your portable charger of choice for a truly wall outlet-free experience.

Wireless charging isn’t always the way to go in a pinch—you’ll still be yearning for the speed of wires in dire times—but you can’t argue with the convenience. If you haven’t already littered your car and home with them, Anker presents a perfect opportunity to try its Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07THHQMHM”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Wireless-PowerWave-Upgraded-Fast-Charging/dp/B07THHQMHM/?ascsubtag=a4b4855c659954a872200fab5bd2997d997ecc4f&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>PowerWave fast wireless charging pad for a hair less than $10. It provides up to 10W charging speeds for Samsung Galaxy smartphones and iPhones, plus anything else with standard Qi wireless charging contacts, such as Apple AirPods or the Apple Watch.

Whether you’re setting up a makeshift home theater or you’re looking for fun ways to shake up your work-from-home setup, a projector can change where and how you view everything, and we have an exclusive deal for one of Anker’s best. For a limited time (through March 31), you can take 35% off the Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07NPL3H1B”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NPL3H1B?ascsubtag=818ac78ec5e3279bf50e843251bf249a8ccee357&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>Anker Nebula Prizm II when using promo code KINJA2240 at Amazon. Your final damages come to $170.

The Nebula Prizm II supports 1080p HD for picture sizes ranging anywhere between 40″ and 120″. There are also built-in speakers for your convenience, and your connection possibilities should be endless with HDMI and USB Lightning ports on the rear.

“They sound terrific, with a U-shaped EQ pattern that emphasizes the highs and lows for a punchy, lively soundscape,” said our own Shep McAllister of the Status BT One headphones just last year. “It’s a surprising approach [from] the company that made its name on the purposely flat-tuned CB-1s, but it works.”

At the time of that writing, the BT Ones were sold at an MSRP of $99. Now, they’re $59 with our exclusive promo code KINJA20. Plug it in at checkout for 40% off the going rate, and know that 10% of that sale is being donated to the Musicians Foundation COVID-19 fund. Maybe buy a second pair for a for a family member or roommate—even a friend if you’re willing to ship.

Whatever you do, your ears will be pleased and your conscious clear with this high-fidelity and highly philanthropic discount on one of the best-sounding, not to mention comfortable and aesthetically restrained, on-ear Bluetooth headphones you can get for under a hundred bucks.

Instant Pots were the kitchen appliance of the past few years, and now Instant Pot also makes a blender. The Instant Pot Ace 60 Cooking Blender can heat and puree at the same time, which will make cooking up soups, bisques, and rice milks really simple. Plus it can even make cold desserts, too!

… of course, it can still function like a regular blender, too. If you’re into smoothies, or something.

This is one of the best prices we’ve seen on this particular blender. So if you’re looking for a cool blender with a ton of added features, this is the one to get. And it’s $60—that’s basically an impulse buy.

Keep your leftovers and store non-perishables with this 42-piece set of Rubbermaid storage containers, which is usually $40, but Walmart is letting it all go for just $18. You’ll get multiple containers in each capacity, from half a cup right on up to seven, each with a matching blue top. These containers are more vertical than horizontal, they’re freezer and dishwasher safe, and the lids can snap onto each other and onto the base of the containers, which, quite frankly, might be a bonafide killer feature.

Today might feel hopeless. Hell, these last couple weeks have been tough for all of us. You might be in isolation, but you’re not alone. Because now you have 17% off all CBD oil tinctures from CBDistillery using the promo code KINJA17, bringing the total cost down to $50.

One tincture gives you 33mg of CBD oil per serving and 3mL in total, just enough to catch a vibe and fall asleep free of socioeconomic distress. It’s recommended that, when taking CBD, you only consume about 30-60mg a day, so this is a good way to get your dose in.

Clear your mind and free up some of that bandwidth currently occupied by stress with some much-needed CBD oil. Maybe mix it up a bit and add it to your tea along with butter or whole milk so it properly dissolves.

While you’re sitting at home waiting for this entire COVID-19 thing to blow over, you’d be glad you invested in a pair of Spring Stretch Dock Pull On Shorts from JACHS NY. Perfect for sitting on the couch, working on the computer or staring outside the window, these shorts are a serious upgrade from those ratty old sweatpants or gym shorts you’ve been faffing around in.

These shorts come in a variety of patterns and styles and start at a low $29.

Mountain Hardwear sells clothes that outdoorsy people love, and today through April 5, you can take up to 65% off select items when using promo code SPRING65. You’ll find lots of compression hoodies, insulated jackets and pants, gloves, and even a few flannel shirts to speak to you inner Al Borland. There are styles for both men and women, and the advertised prices dip even further with the promo code, such as this $236 jacket that gets $70 cheaper following the discount, so get what you need before your next big hiking trip.

In times like these, stress can creep up on you like stink after a weekend of nonstop gaming. Take it from someone who has greys at the ripe age of 31—you should do everything you can to destress. If you’re having trouble, why not give these Bekno hemp oils a try? Right now, you can Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B085N6PBJC”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/3-Pack-30000MG-Stress-Anxiety-Support/dp/B085N6PBJC/?ascsubtag=b18dfaf2b6897c178af1387356cb6684abe62f50&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>get a 3-pack of 30,000mg oils for $40 after clipping the coupon at Amazon.

Unlike many other hemp oils, these are infused with healthy vitamins and fats to promote good mental health, metabolism, and a strong immune system. They also have pain-relieving properties. Take a few drops and you might be able to get that deep night of sleep that has long conspired to elude you.

Now’s as good a time as ever to finally live out your High Fidelity dreams and buy that record player you’ve been talking your friends’ ears off about for years now. (No, I’m not projecting!) Why? Because this Victrola 3-in-1 Bluetooth suitcase turntable which is ~portable~ mind you, is 30% off with the promo code VICTROLA30, bringing the total cost down to $37.

Whether from your phone or your authentic vinyl record collection, you can bump classics to your heart’s desire until the sun comes up. Who cares, we’re all stuck at home anyway! And while you’re at it, maybe Pokémon Sword, and More”,””]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/b?ascsubtag=1b7d1b66cbebe567495e2484f2e6c4b3047b835a&ie=UTF8&node=14772275011&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>peruse some new records too. You never know when your song of the summer will touch down.

These days, few joys exist outside of TV. Myself, I can’t help myself. I’ve been binge-watching Friday Night Lights on Starz every night until my eyes hurt. Join me, friends, and sign up for Sling TV today. Pay for 2 months upfront and you’ll be treated to a complimentary Amazon Fire TV Stick.

Whether you want to watch the news and cower in fear like the rest of us, or escape into fictitious worlds in which things are bad in different ways, Sling TV’s got you covered. Stream channels like CNN, HGTV, Comedy Central, and more on virtually any smart device you’ve got lying around your house collecting dust. Or, you know, that free Fire TV Stick I told you about.

Some games just can’t be played on anything other than a GameCube controller. We’re looking at you, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. If you can’t find an adapter for your old GameCube controller to use on the Nintendo Switch and you’re not an insufferable purist, give PowerA’s wireless controller a shot, which Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07GXMZ4TY”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wireless-GameCube-Controller-Console-Included/dp/B07GXMZ4TY/?ascsubtag=d02efa552d4a16da7162c54a78644acb7b344791&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>sits at $40 on Amazon right now.

It’s all gold, and PowerA does well to preserve the classic GameCube feel by staying true to the buttons’ original colors. Plus, it lasts 30 hours on just two AA batteries, so you should never have to suffer gaming downtime with a set of rechargeables rotating in and out. The only downside is you’ll be missing out on rumble and any features that require NFC, such as amiibo.

If you’re uninterested in Doom or don’t think Animal Crossing is quite your things, well, there’s always Borderlands 3. And right now, you can own a copy on PS4 and Xbox One for just $20. That’s a pretty sweet deal.

It’s a really fun co-op game. In fact, I played it with three other friends and it was a beautifully, messy hoot and well worth $20. This is the best price we’ve seen on the standard edition.

If you’ve stocked up on a lot of Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons for some big family fun, a charging dock is almost mandatory. Pokémon Sword, and More”,”B07K9CDDFL”]]” href=”https://www.amazon.com/HyperX-ChargePlay-Quad-Joy-Indicators/dp/B07K9CDDFL/?ascsubtag=6a76796279e5a98da0bd79dbe214e089562e7d5c&tag=kinjadeals-20″ target=”_top”>HyperX’s Chargeplay Quad offers you such a solution from a tried and true brand for 50% off the list price, bringing your final total down to $15. As the name implies, you can throw four Joy-Cons onto the thing. Combine that with the two that’ll charge when connected directly to your Switch, and your Mario Party sessions should never be derailed by the dreaded low battery warning.

Control is one of the best (and most talked about ) games of last year, is down to just $30 for PS4 or Xbox One at Best Buy. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on this particular game and a tremendous deal to boot.

In their review, Kotaku says:

Control is the latest game from the makers of Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break. It’s a twisted, haunting odyssey through an old post-WWII office building under siege by parasitic beings from another dimension. Control has all the standard elements of a regular third-person shooter, but its exhaustive world building and all-consuming eeriness make it much more.

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If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we could all use a little more sleep sometimes. But that’s easier said than done. Whether it’s a busy schedule, annoying neighbors or anxious thoughts that keep you up at night, finding time to really sink into our beds for undisturbed slumber is harder and harder to come by.

But there’s hope.

From apps that help you fall asleep to melatonin to CBD concoctions, a number of companies are launching new ways to tackle insomnia. But if you’re not a fan of taking pills and unsure about CBD, we’ve rounded up some reliable products that can help you fall asleep faster — and stay asleep for longer too.

As someone who used to lie in bed for hours before falling asleep — only to toss and turn all night — I can confidently say that I sleep a lot better these days, and these ten items all have something to do with that. I settle into my bed faster, I feel less anxious when I sleep, and I wake up refreshed, rejuvenated and ready to face the day.

1. A Weighted Blanket

You’re either a “too cold” or “too hot” type of person in bed, and I’ve always run on the cooler side of the spectrum. That’s why you’ll always find me curled up in a good, all-season down comforter or cozy blanket. Last year though, I still found myself tossing and turning at night — that’s when I decided to give a weighted blanket a try.

As the name suggests, these blankets are weighed down with thousands of tiny, non-toxic beads, that are evenly distributed and woven under a soft, hypoallergenic fabric. The idea is for you to feel “hugged” and “held” while you’re laying in bed, with the weighted blanket also keeping you in one position to prevent you from shifting in your sleep. If you’re prone to stress or anxiety, a weighted blanket could also help keep your nerves at bay.

These blankets range in weight from five pounds to thirty pounds. I’ve found my most comfortable sleep somewhere in the middle, with a 15-pound blanket (brands recommend finding a blanket that’s around 10% of your body weight). It’s just heavy enough that I can’t get it loose in the middle of the night, but not so heavy that I feel suffocated. And that’s the other misconception about weighted blankets: they’re heavier than a normal comforter, but contrary to what you may think, they’re not stuffy or sweaty at all. In fact, the one we’ve chosen from Luna uses a natural cotton material that’s super breathable.

Another reason we like Luna: the company donates a percentage of all sales to mental health organizations across the country, to help those suffering from severe emotional and mental well-being, and anxiety.

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LUNA Weighted Blanket 15 lbs, $65,99, available at Amazon

2. MZOO Memory Foam Eye Mask

Not all eye masks are created equal. The cheap, thin ones they hand out at hotels and airplanes barely stay on through the night – how can they help you fall asleep?

To really get some R&R, we like this contoured eye mask, which sits gently against your face without pressing directly into your eyelids.

Made from lightweight memory foam with a super soft and gentle material, the eye mask slides easily over your head, thanks to an adjustable strap. The contoured design seals out light, while letting your eyes blink… until they stop blinking and you drift off into a peaceful slumber.

This set comes with a travel pouch, the sleep mask and two earplugs.

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MZOO Memory Foam Eye Mask, $17.99, available at Amazon

3. LectroFan White Noise Sound Machine

White noise machines are a funny thing. The words “noise” and “machine” make this seem like a device that would keep you up, when in fact, this LectroFan Sound Machine does the exact opposite. By churning out different levels of white noise — essentially indistinguishable sounds that operate at different frequencies — you’re able to mask any everyday noise that’s around you. So if the birds or sirens are keeping you up at night, you can “block out” their sounds by sleeping next to a white noise machine.

The quiet humming of white noise also lulls you to sleep, keeping your mind from wandering and encouraging a gentle slumber.

I’ve kept a LectroFan device by my bed for years, and I’ve even picked up the palm-sized LectroFan Micro 2, to take with me on my trips. Now that I’m working from home, these white noise machines are also great to keep on in the background to help me focus, whether I’m reading, responding to emails or writing a new article.

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LectroFan White Noise Sound Machine, $48.99, available at Amazon

4. Moodo Smart Aroma Diffuser

Let’s face it: those reed and oil diffuser sets you found online look great, but they serve more as decor than actual scent diffusers. To really get the most from your essential oils, you’ll want to upgrade to something like this Moodo Smart Aroma Diffuser.

Scent is one of our strongest senses, and many sleep experts recommend setting a calming scent to help you fall asleep. This diffuser works a little like those counter-top coffee machines, with individual scent capsules that you pop into the device. Each capsule contains 60 hours of fragrance.

Pair the machine with your phone and use the Moodo app to control when you want the scents released, the fragrance intensity level, etc. You can also pair the Moodo with your smart home assistant (I.e. Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant) to set the same settings using just your voice.

The Moodo diffuser comes with a built-in rechargeable battery that can operate for up to seven hours without being plugged-in to a power source. The diffuser can cover a room up to 600 square-feet.

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Moodo Smart Aroma Diffuser, $99, available at Moodo (BONUS: get a free four-pack of scent capsules with purchase)

5. TOPOINT Bluetooth Headphones for Sleep

Headphones aren’t just for listening to music or taking conference calls anymore — these days, a number of manufacturers are making headphones to help you sleep.

We like this pair from TOPOINT, which wraps gently around your head without messing up your hair or making you sweat. The concealed, built-in speakers are thin and flat, so they won’t disrupt your sleep, even if you like to sleep on your side. The moisture-wicking fabric won’t cling or stick to your skin (you can remove the fabric liner to wash too).

Pair the headphones with your phone to set your favorite nighttime playlist, or use it to run white noise through the speakers. In addition to playing audio, the wrap-around design of these headphones helps to block out ambient noise without the need for earplugs.

A bonus: these headphones could come in handy if you’re sleeping next to a snorer.

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TOPOINT Bluetooth Sleeping Headphones, $19.99, available at Amazon

6. Ear Buddy Earplugs For Sleep

Earplugs are always a good option when you want to drown out the noise (and we’ve rounded up some our favorites here), but you’ll need a specific set for sleeping. These ones are made from a soft, flexible foam that expands and forms to your ear canal better, to seal out more noise. They’re slightly smaller than earplugs you would wear to concerts, for example, to ensure a better fit. The durable earplugs hold up to all-night wear (and can be re-used if necessary) and the material won’t irritate your skin.

Keep in mind, earplugs work to muzzle rather than completely cut out noise. You’ll also want to make sure the earplugs are firmly inserted all the way into your ear canal for them to properly work. Dangling them too loose from your ears will cause them to fall out in the middle of the night.

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Ear Buddy Earplugs for Sleep, $17.97, available at Amazon

7. This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray

Confession: I stole a bottle of this sleep spray once from a bougie hotel I was staying at. The blend of botanicals and essential oils (think: lavender, vetiver and camomile) did wonders for my nightly routine, helping me relax and calm down before bed.

Just a few spritzes on your pillow will help deliver a more soothing, rejuvenating experience, with the natural, aromatherapeutic blend and a subtle scent helping to lull you to sleep.

The good news: you don’t have to check into a pricey hotel — or risk arrest — to score a bottle of this stuff now. It’s available for purchase online.

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This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, $23, available at Amazon

8. CBD Pillow

You’re going to need a pillow to use your pillow spray on, and for the past few weeks or so, I’ve been using the CBD Pillow.

The product just launched in early February and it’s a memory foam pillow that’s infused with CBD. The patented process allows the manufacturer to bond millions of micro-capsules of CBD into the pillow. Friction over the night causes the capsules to “burst,” releasing micro doses of CBD that can be absorbed through your hair and skin to help regulate sleep.

Unlike topicals or edibles, the CBD Pillow releases tiny doses of CBD while you sleep, so you don’t get that jolt of feeling high — only to be met with a sudden come down.

The pillow itself is made in the U.S.A., hypoallergenic, and comes with a 10-year guarantee.

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CBD Pillow, $99, available at CBDPillow.com

9. Music to Promote Sleep

Most streaming services will have decent sleep playlists, but this album was specially developed by Dr. Lee Bartel, a former Associate Dean of Research at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, and the Founding Director of the Music and Health Research Collaboratory. His thesis: that music can affect your health in positive ways, including helping you to fall asleep faster without any tension or stress.

This album runs just over an hour long, though most people say they’ve fallen asleep way before the halfway mark. Sound-wise, think meditative chimes, light strings and nature sounds that are relaxing enough to listen to but not so catchy that they’ll keep you up at night.

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Music to Promote Sleep, $8.99, available at Amazon (or stream for free with a 30-day free trial to Amazon Music Unlimited)

10. Samsali Foot Pads

Hundreds of people swear by these flexible foot pads to help them sleep. Inspired by Asian practices of reflexology and naturopathy, these pads contains natural ingredients like ginger, green tea and lavender to help soothe aching feet and muscle tension that could keep you up at night.

To use: wipe your feel clean and pat dry. Unwrap the individually-wrapped pads and place them over each foot one hour prior to sleep. Leave on overnight.

In addition to easing foot fatigue, users say these pads help to release impurities and odor, while aiding in healthy metabolism, circulation and stress relief.

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Samsali Foot Pads, $19.99, available at Amazon

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Tilray’s hemp sales are growing

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Tools & Auto

Beauty & Grooming

1. A Weighted Blanket

2. MZOO Memory Foam Eye Mask

3. LectroFan White Noise Sound Machine

4. Moodo Smart Aroma Diffuser

Moodo Smart Aroma Diffuser, $99, available at Moodo (BONUS: get a free four-pack of scent capsules with purchase)

5. TOPOINT Bluetooth Headphones for Sleep

6. Ear Buddy Earplugs For Sleep

7. This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray

8. CBD Pillow

9. Music to Promote Sleep

Music to Promote Sleep, $8.99, available at Amazon (or stream for free with a 30-day free trial to Amazon Music Unlimited)

10. Samsali Foot Pads

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