LFLY - Why Is Leafly (LFLY) Stock Getting High Today?
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Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) stock is in the news Monday after reaching an agreement with Uber (NYSE:UBER) Eats for the delivery of cannabis products.
With this new partnership, residents in Toronto 19 years of age or older are now able to have cannabis goodies delivered directly to them. They can choose from any registered licensed cannabis retailers in the Uber Eats app for their deliveries.
This is big news for LFLY stock as the company runs an online marketplace for cannabis products. The integration with Uber Eats expands its reach and marks the first time such a company has partnered with a major third-party delivery service.
LFLY Focuses on Safe and Legal Cannabis
Yoko Miyashita, CEO of Leafly, said the following in a news release.
“Leafly has been empowering the cannabis marketplace in Canada for more than four years and we support more than 200 cannabis retailers in the GTA. We are thrilled to work with Uber Eats to help licensed retailers bring safe, legal cannabis to people across the city.”
LFLY stock is experiencing heavy trading today on the partnership. This has some 2 million units on the move as of this writing. That’s already well above the company’s daily average trading volume of about 778,000 shares.
LFLY stock is up 17.1% as of Monday afternoon.
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