Green Growth Brands Connects With Consumers During Holiday Season

COLUMBUS, OH, Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Green Growth Brands Inc. (GGB or the Company) (CSE: GGB) (OTCQB: GGBXF) is pleased to share statistics from its first full holiday season and from its second fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2019.

Seventh Sense Botanical Therapies CBD

• Over 128,000 Seventh Sense Botanical Transactions were processed between Black Friday and December 28, 2019.
• Seventh Sense offered three holiday-exclusive items: the Pebble Lip Balm, Therapeutic Starter and the Lip and Body gift sets.
• Bestselling Seventh Sense products included the 1,500 mg Hyperstrength Cream, the Therapeutic Starter gift set and the Unwind Sleep Blend Roll-On.
• Over 85,000 consumers received a Seventh Sense direct mail piece detailing the product line and holiday offerings.
• The Seventh Sense customer database grew by 42% between Black Friday and December 28, 2019.
• As of December 28, 2019, the Company operates 195 mall-based Seventh Sense shops in 35 states, including 54 new shops that opened during second quarter fiscal 2020.
• There were 494 CBD product customer reviews during second quarter fiscal 2020, averaging 4.53 out of 5 stars.

The+Source Cannabis Dispensaries

• More than 62,000 total transactions were processed at the two The+Source dispensaries between Green Wednesday (November 27, 2019) and December 28, 2019.
• On Green Wednesday alone, over 3,300 transactions were processed.
• The Company offered nine exclusive-to-The+Source holiday products, including 8 Fold strains "Holiday Hangover" and "Silent Night", a variety of gift sets including "The 12 J's of Christmas", and seasonally flavored edibles and accessories.
• During the month of November, approximately 28% of sales consisted of in-house brands CAMP, 8 Fold and Seventh Sense, compared to about 11% last year.

"Our ability to capitalize on the holiday shopping season is a reflection of our retail and operations expertise," said Peter Horvath, CEO of Green Growth Brands. "We are pleased with the performance of both business segments and particularly excited by the consumer demand signals we saw in CBD.  We have brought together high-quality CBD, high-efficacy personal care formulations, familiar packaging, top-tier retail presentations, and fair, everyday-value prices to create products that consumers from all walks of life are really responding to.  

"This is just the beginning," added Horvath. "This holiday introduced our products to a tremendous number of new consumers. We are looking forward to their product reviews, suggestions for new formulations, and re-orders. Thank you to our customers, employees, and partners for making this holiday a success."

The Company expects to announce timing of its second quarter fiscal earnings release in the near future.

About Green Growth Brands Inc.
Green Growth Brands creates remarkable experiences in cannabis and CBD. Led by CEO Peter Horvath and a leadership team of consumer-focused retail experts, the company's brands include CAMP, Seventh Sense Botanical Therapy, The+Source, Green Lily, and 8 Fold. The Company also has a licensing agreement with the Greg Norman™ Brand to develop a line of CBD-infused personal care products designed for active wellness. GGB is expanding its cannabis operations throughout the U.S., via dispensaries in Nevada, Massachusetts and Florida and the largest network of CBD shops in malls across the country and ShopSeventhSense.com. Learn more about the vision at  GreenGrowthBrands.com.

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