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Retail & eCommerce Enhancements

View a list of GrowFlow Retail and eCommerce enhancements.

Written by Cory Shaw

View a list of GrowFlow Retail and eCommerce enhancements.

This article combines the legacy Retail Enhancements tracker through March 2024 with newer verified Retail and eCommerce updates added after the legacy article stopped being maintained.

  • Legacy entries are preserved to avoid re-communicating duplicate historical updates.

  • Newer entries were added only for later release periods.

  • If applicable, a help article is linked for more information.

May 2026

eCommerce Custom Themes and Theme Settings

Expanded GrowFlow eCommerce theming with Retail-managed theme settings, support for theme variables in the storefront, and fixes for brand preview behavior across storefront surfaces. For more information, see GrowFlow eCommerce: Your Guide to Getting Started.

eCommerce Theme Color Fixes

Resolved storefront theming issues where tertiary and quaternary colors could fall back to default values instead of the configured brand colors.

eCommerce Filter and Category Button Improvements

Improved storefront usability by fixing scrolling with expanded filters, category-button label wrapping, and offers-popover display behavior.

GFE Order Summary Details

Improved the order summary details shown in GrowFlow eCommerce checkout flows.

April 2026

Metrc Test Result Syncing Improvements

Improved test-result syncing for packages, including better handling for packages without SKU data and updated test-result behavior for compliance-driven workflows.

Pre-Order Validation Improvements

Improved validation for med-customer pre-orders and fixed cases where order cancellation could restore inventory to the wrong package.

Add Many to Order Reliability

Resolved intermittent issues where the order screen could show the wrong quantity after using Add Many to Order.

March 2026

FIFO Package Selection for Shared / Duplicate Package IDs

Added first-in, first-out package sorting and allocation behavior for workflows where multiple packages share a Package ID, including Add Many to Order behavior for those same-ID package flows.

Duplicate Package / UPC Visibility

Added more detailed duplicate-package and duplicate-product visibility when SKU or UPC values match the Package ID, helping teams catch conflicts earlier.

Metrc Pagination, Package ID Display, and Receipt Improvements

Updated Metrc GET handling to use pagination, improved package-card ID display, and added receipt tax-breakdown support for New York clients.

February 2026

Retail + eCommerce Multi-Segment Subdomains

Added support for multi-segment subdomain formats in Retail and eCommerce storefront workflows.

Discount and Loyalty Accuracy Updates

Improved manual discount activity details, order-level discount tags, and loyalty behavior when customers spend points. For more information, see Retail: BOGO - Bulk Flower.

Manifest, Sales Audit, and Pre-Order Fixes

Resolved issues affecting outgoing manifests, sales-audit reporting, Leafly menu syncing, and blank-name preorder requests.

January 2026

Package Activity and Reconciliation Fixes

Improved reconciliation visibility for Metrc-discrepant packages and fixed gaps in package activity logging.

Checkout and Discount Calculation Fixes

Resolved issues affecting item-level discount calculations, manual loyalty discounts, and preorder closing behavior.

Package ID and Test Result Accuracy

Improved package-ID handling for values with spaces or mismatched trailing digits and fixed test-result unit-of-measure save behavior during transfer activation.

December 2025

Category Override Images in eCommerce

Added support for storefront category images sourced from dispensary category overrides.

Google eCommerce Tracking

Added Google eCommerce tracking support for storefront analytics.

Pre-Order and Change Due Fixes

Resolved issues with change-due calculations on order completion and cases where preorder fulfill actions became disabled incorrectly.

November 2025

Pre-Order Cart Reliability

Resolved issues with updateCart / clearCart behavior and fixes for starting preorders from customer details after refresh.

Leafly and Activity Log Improvements

Improved Leafly connection error handling and fixed unreadable entries in the Activity Log.

Sales Audit and OMMA Verification Fixes

Resolved issues affecting Metrc Sales Audit date selection and OMMA license verification.

October 2025

Metrc Retail ID Enhancements

Expanded Metrc Retail ID support so stores can better work with Retail ID workflows, including related search and operational handling improvements.

Med/Rec Customer Type in eCommerce

Added customer-type selection support for med/rec storefront workflows.

eCommerce SEO and Preorder Error Handling

Improved storefront SEO with robots.txt support and surfaced preorder update errors more clearly.

Retail Checkout and Queue Fixes

Resolved issues affecting stuck customers in queue, note editing on checkout, and sales-by-tax visibility for med/rec stores.

September 2025

Store Info and Structured Data Fixes

Improved storefront map accuracy, structured data generation, and visibility rules for recommendations and inactive dispensaries.

Pre-Order Checkout Reliability

Resolved issues where preorder checkout could error and moved more complete-order logic to the backend for better reliability. For more information, see Retail: Pre-Order Workflow.

Labels, Manifests, and Pricing Fixes

Improved package-label pricing, outgoing LCB manifest transporter information, and weigh-heavy pricing behavior.

August 2025

Insights Custom Date Range Month / Year Selectors

Added month and year dropdown selectors to the Insights custom date-range picker so teams can jump to older reporting periods more quickly.

Default GFR Test Results in eCommerce

Updated storefront data handling so GrowFlow Retail test results are used by default where applicable.

eCommerce Admin Toggle Enforcement

Improved access control so eCommerce API requests are blocked when the storefront Super Admin toggle is turned off.

July 2025

General Settings Sync to GFE

Resolved issues where menu-level eCommerce General Settings were not being reflected correctly on the storefront.

Logo and Favicon Sync

Fixed cases where logo and favicon updates were not propagating correctly to GrowFlow eCommerce.

June 2025

GFE Similar Products Fix

Fixed the Similar Products pill so it no longer behaves like a clickable control when there are no related items to show.

GFE Menu Key Endpoint

Added a menu-key endpoint to support storefront data access and menu workflows.

May 2025

GFE Checkout Reliability

Resolved a storefront checkout issue that was causing GFE checkout attempts to error.

February 2025

GFE Checkout Total Accuracy

Resolved an issue where GrowFlow eCommerce showed an incorrect total on the confirmation and checkout screen.

November 2024

Loyalty and Category Filter Fixes

Resolved storefront issues affecting loyalty toggles, empty category filters, and the featured “Other” category in GFE.

October 2024

Checkout Login Error Fix

Resolved a checkout-flow issue where logging in from the checkout screen could send shoppers to an "Oops, something went wrong" error page.

September 2024

Category Ordering in GFE

Added support for using GrowFlow Retail category ordering inside GrowFlow eCommerce.

Basket and Checkout Field Fixes

Resolved issues where basket items could not be deleted correctly and email addresses could appear in the First Name field during checkout.

August 2024

Authenticated GFE Menu Feeds

Added authentication support for the GFE menu-feed endpoint.

July 2024

Drive-Thru Hours in eCommerce

Added drive-thru-hour display in the storefront and synced drive-thru settings from Retail.

Loyalty Tab Navigation

Added a loyalty tab to the storefront top navigation.

Grams-Based Product Test Result Display

Improved grams-based product displays so CBN values can be shown in grams instead of percentages.

June 2024

THC Display for Edibles and Topicals

Added mg THC display on product tiles and product details for applicable product types.

Hide Full Address for Delivery-Only Stores

Updated storefront behavior so delivery-only stores can hide the full address from shoppers.

May 2024

Custom Storefront Look and Feel

Added retailer-controlled storefront styling so stores can better customize the look and feel of their eCommerce experience. For more information, see GrowFlow eCommerce: Your Guide to Getting Started.

Medical ID Support in Checkout

Improved checkout behavior for medical shoppers by storing and auto-populating medical ID information more reliably.

Birthday Collection for Preorders

Added configuration support for collecting a birthday during preorder checkout where needed.

April 2024

Drive-Thru, Store Hours, and Favicon Controls

Expanded storefront configuration with drive-thru options, connected Retail-defined store hours, and organization-defined favicons.

Improved Finalized Order UX

Added clearer loading feedback while shoppers wait for finalized orders to submit.

March 2024

Updated Customer Info on Cashier

Cashier now displays whether the customer is new, medical, or has a birthday, along with related UI improvements.

Storage Locations v2 Rollout Phase 1

Storage Locations v2 rolled out to the first set of customers, allowing packages to be split across storage locations.

Change Payment Type from Cash to / from Other

Organization Admins and Admins can now correct payment type mistakes by changing Cash to Other, and vice versa.

Washington: Incoming Transfer with Same Compliance ID

Washington retailers can now receive an incoming transfer where the package has the same Compliance ID as a previous package, eliminating the need to relabel in supported cases.

Taxes for Product Categories / Pre-order Paytender Status / Product Catalog

Added support for managing taxes at the appropriate level, displaying Paytender payment status on pre-orders, and adding menu information and images from the Product Catalog.

February 2024

Pre-order Pull Sheets

Clients can now print pull sheets for incoming pre-orders, including GrowFlow eCommerce orders, either manually or automatically. For more information, see Retail: Pull Sheets for Pre-Orders.

GrowFlow eCommerce Discount and Product APIs

Introduced new GrowFlow eCommerce API endpoints so menus can use product and discount information that matches GrowFlow Retail calculations.

Additional Product Images, Pre-order Package IDs, and Pre-order Activity Log

Clients can add up to six product images for menus, GrowFlow eCommerce can provide a specific Package ID during fulfillment, and most pre-order fulfillment events are now recorded in the Activity Log.

Column Sorting Changes

Updated list sorting behavior so sortable columns are clearer and filters can be used when a column is not sortable.

January 2024

Discount Menu Descriptions, Origin Store, and Devices Menu

Added discount descriptions for online menus, surfaced Origin Store on customer profiles, and added a Devices menu to support hardware peripherals.

Product Matching

Added product matching support to improve menu and product setup workflows.

Sales Chart Removal / OMMA Report Removal

Removed the legacy Sales chart and removed the OMMA Report for Oklahoma customers.

December 2023

Detect Taxes Not Loading

If taxes are not loaded on the Cashier page, GrowFlow displays a modal prompting the budtender to refresh.

October 2023

Sales Items Data – Insights (Beta)

Added an Insights version of the Sales Items report with higher performance, more data fields, filters, and CSV export.

September 2023

Microlicense and Other Improvements

Added microlicense support and improved standard-pricing order totals, receipts, order details, shift-summary tooltips, and bulk edit behavior.

August 2023

Various Enhancements and Bug Fixes

Added an X to the Add to Cart field, new ways to deselect items in the cart, and related bug fixes.

Customer Queue Improvements

Improved the customer queue so Home and Cashier > Home behave the same way and provide better queue management and stability.

Customer Order History Improvements

Significantly improved loading performance for customer order history, even on very large customer records.

July 2023

Performance Improvements to Table List Views and API Response Times

Improved performance on table-based pages such as Inventory > Products and reduced latency for third-party API responses.

June 2023

ID Scanning Updates

Updated ID scanning so medical customer addresses can be scanned and populated more easily.

Metrc Test Results Syncing

Added support for syncing in test results from Metrc in Oklahoma.

Print Expiration Date

Added package expiration date as a print option for Exit and Package labels. Required in New Mexico.

May 2023

Windows App 5.0

Released a new Windows app with an updated embedded Electron browser, improved scrolling, reduced latency, and various bug fixes.

Retail Sales Report, Shift Summary, Insights Sales Report, Loyalty Discount Stacking, and Filter Enhancements

Updated the Retail Sales Report to use the same datastore as Insights, improved layout and performance, added Gross and Net Sales to Shift Summary, allowed loyalty discounts to always stack, and improved filters and quick filters.

April 2023

GrowFlow Retail Sales Report Update

Updated the Retail Sales Report to use the same datastore as the Insights Sales Report for major performance and accuracy improvements.

March 2023

California Compliant Delivery Receipts and Delivery Order Improvements

Added California-compliant delivery receipts, printing receipts from the Pre-Order screen, better bypass-mode messaging, UI enhancements for package import costs, and support for more precise cost-per-unit values.

Insights Sales Report Update

Improved Insights accuracy and consistency with the GrowFlow Retail Sales Report.

Drawer Open/Close, PAR Report, and Inventory Adjustment Enhancements

Improved drawer open / close behavior, added decimals to the PAR Report, and added Product as a column on the Inventory Adjustment Report.

Merge Customers

Organization Admins can now merge customer profiles from the Customers page.

February 2023

Discount Stacking

Retailers can now control whether an item can have only one discount or multiple discounts.

January 2023

Inhalable Cannabinoid Purchase Limit in Oregon

Added a new purchase limit specifically for Oregon retailers.

Merge Products

Retailers can merge duplicate products so all packages are associated with the selected merge-into product.

Batch ID and Expiration Date on Transfer Details

Incoming transfer workflows now allow Batch ID and Expiration Date to be added directly on the Transfer Details page.

Debit Card Support (DM1)

Added GrowFlow Retail POS integration for the DM1 debit card solution.

Compound Tax Support

Added support for configuring compound taxes.

December 2022

Metrc Support in Mississippi

Added Metrc support for retail accounts in Mississippi.

Compound Taxes (Beta)

Deployed compound tax support to California clients to support updated excise-tax regulations.

November 2022

Full Organization Settings Release for Multi-Store Retailers

Began the final phase of Organization Settings for multi-store clients, including Discounts, Products, and Tags with data merging where appropriate.

Full Organization Settings Release for Single-Store Retailers

Began the final phase of Organization Settings for single-store clients, including Discounts, Products, and Tags.

Metrc License Number Autofill

Autofills the Metrc License Number using the retailer’s Cannabis License number when the Metrc API is enabled.

October 2022

Organization Settings for New Retail Clients

All new retail clients are onboarded with Organization Settings enabled to support shared data across stores.

Sync Test Results from Metrc

If test results are present in Metrc for a package, they now sync to GrowFlow automatically.

Discount Calculation Fix on Sales Report

Fixed an issue where the Sales Report could over-report discounts in some inclusive-tax scenarios.

September 2022

Org Admins Can Edit Order Details

Organization Admins can edit Order Items directly from Order Details.

Update to Net Sales Calculation on Sales Report

Adjusted Net Sales calculation so it is based on the sum of individual orders.

Payment ID Column on Orders Page

Added a Payment ID column so stores can verify transactions against Paytender and Cashless ATM payment systems.

Metrc Sales Audit Report (OK)

Added the Metrc Sales Audit report for Oklahoma customers.

August 2022

Central Distribution

Added support for UPCs and SKUs on Product profiles, auto-populating Package IDs from Metrc tags, and entering package costs as per-item or total cost. For more information, see Retail: Understanding SKUs, UPCs, and Package IDs.

Store-to-Store Transfers in Standalone States / Submit Manifest Data to LCB

Added internal store-to-store transfers in standalone states and support for submitting outgoing transfer manifest data directly to the LCB in Washington.

Prevent Sales of Untagged Products (OK)

Beginning August 25, 2022, disabled the ability to sell untagged inventory in Oklahoma.

Organization Settings and Navigation Changes

Added an Organization Settings section where shared Retail configuration can be managed over time.

Sales Report, Pagination, and Discount Filter Enhancements

Updated Net Sales calculation, replaced Load More with pagination, added Sales Item discount filters, removed the Tax Report from the UI, and expanded tag management and customer-writing API support.

July 2022

Discount Name and Type on Sales Items Report

Added Discount Name, Type, and Amount columns to the Sales Items Report.

Customer Notes Enhancements

Made customer notes easier to add and view across Customer, Home, and Order screens, and surfaced top-selling products on the Order screen.

June 2022

OMMA Report Reflects Untagged Inventory Only

Updated the OMMA report so it only includes untagged inventory during the required Oklahoma transition period.

Inventory Summary Report for Arizona

Added an Arizona Inventory Summary Report using a repurposed version of the OMMA report.

Tax Rate Assignment Moved to Settings > Taxes / Compound Taxes

Moved tax assignment to tax settings and added compound-tax support for states such as California.

Bulk Edit and Package ID

Introduced bulk editing for Customers, Products, and Packages and renamed SKU references to Package ID throughout Retail.

Out-of-State Medical Patient Support (HI and MI)

Retailers in Hawaii and Michigan can add and sell to out-of-state medical patients by entering license information.

May 2022

Oklahoma Metrc Migration

Supported Oklahoma’s Metrc migration by allowing both Metrc and manual transfers during the transition, reporting tagged sales to Metrc, requiring Metrc Types on MJ categories, enabling Metrc API settings, and removing GF-to-GF Wholesale API settings in Oklahoma.

Remove Stuck Order / Force Hold Order

Admins can now remove stuck orders from Registers and place non-completed orders on hold.

March 2022

Oregon Exit Label Enhancements

Updated Oregon exit labels so they show UID rather than ID and display Test Results for the appropriate range.

Metrc & BioTrack Sync Frequency, Status, and Control

Added last-sync visibility and manual sync execution for Packages, Reconcile, Transfers, and Finish Packages pages.

Colorado Automatic Purchase Limits (Metrc)

At the start of an order, GrowFlow can pull a medical customer’s purchase limit from Metrc to set purchase limits automatically.

February 2022

Filters for Packages Page

Added Batch ID, SKU, and Metrc Tag quick filters on Inventory > Packages.

WCIA Outbound Transfers

Added support for generating WCIA files for outbound transfers.

Tax Setting: Exclude Recreational Customers

Added a tax setting that excludes recreational customers where needed, including Montana workflows.

January 2022

New Import Types for WCIA Inbound Transfers

Added support for uploading or pasting raw WCIA data for inbound transfers in Washington.

Retail System Error Message

Replaced blank white-screen failures with a clearer Retail system error message.

Print Manufactured Date and Strain on Exit / Package Labels

Added print settings for Manufactured Date and Strain.

Outgoing Transfer Manifests

Added support for creating single- and multi-stop outbound transfer manifests in non-Metrc states.

Empty Cart, WCIA 1.1, and Quick Scanning

Added an Empty Cart function, WCIA Schema 1.1 inbound-transfer support, and faster scanning in the shopping cart.

December 2021

GrowFlow API for Wholesale-to-Retail Sync / CCRS Transition

Enabled the Wholesale-to-Retail sync workflow for Washington as part of the transition off Leaf Data and added CCRS file-reporting UI.

Recreational Customer Purchase Limits in Montana

Added support for recreational purchase limits in Montana starting January 1, 2022.

QR Code for Test Results in Montana

Added the ability to print QR codes on Package and Exit labels as direct links to test results.

Display Inventory Quantity in Cart

Cart product search now displays inventory quantity in addition to SKU and product name.

Partial Payments, WCIA Inbound Transfers, Group Same Products in Cart, and New Payment Screen Design

Improved partial-payment reporting, added WCIA inbound-transfer support, grouped same products in the cart, and redesigned the payment / checkout screen to support split payments.

November 2021

Strain / Strain Type for CCRS

Made Strain and Strain Type required for MJ products in Washington and added CCRS Type selection on Product Categories.

Exit Label Option to Force Print Zero-Value Test Results

Added a print setting to force all test results, including zero values, to appear on exit labels for Montana compliance.

Scan Customer ID on Check-In

Added support for scanning IDs to check in return customers.

Cashless ATM Enhancements

Updated Register Settings and prevented canceling an order or payment after a request is sent to the terminal.

Receipt Printing Enhancements

Added customer names, budtender names, and Batch ID as options on receipts.

October 2021

Retail Android App for Chromebooks

GrowFlow Retail became available for Chromebook users through the Google Play Store.

Cashless ATM Demo Mode

Added a simulated Cashless ATM transaction mode for demo stores, testing, and training.

BOGO and Tiered Discounts

Added popular discount types such as Buy One Get One and quantity-based or amount-based tiered discounts. For more information, see Retail: BOGO - Bulk Flower.

September 2021

Round-Down Entire Order Amount

Added rounding settings so orders can round down to .00 in inclusive-tax workflows.

Reconcile Tool Enhancements

Updated reconciliation so adjustments sync individually in Metrc and BioTrack, allowing remaining adjustments to continue when one fails.

Do Not Allow Items to be Discounted Below a Specified Amount

Added a configurable floor price so products cannot be discounted below a defined amount.

August 2021

Bulk Finish Tool Enhancement

Finish Packages now processes each package individually so one failure does not block the rest.

Discount Rounding Refactoring / Correction

Improved the discount-rounding algorithm to eliminate pricing artifacts such as ending in .01 instead of .00.

Product Templates

Added product templates with pre-populated fields to speed up product creation.

Product List Enhancements

Added a Quantity column, enabled sorting and filtering on quantity, and replaced Load More with pagination.

July 2021

Weedmaps Integration (Menu)

Weedmaps can now expose products from GrowFlow retailers.

Export Sales Report as CSV File

Enhanced the Sales Report to support CSV export.

Medical Tax Exempt Fix

Corrected medical-customer tax handling.

June 2021

Android App Support

Supported GrowFlow on recommended Android devices along with supported peripherals.

Debit Card Payment Support

Added debit-card payment support through a connected terminal and cashless ATM solution.

March 2021

Periodic Automatic Replenishing (PAR)

Added PAR so retailers can use recent sales data to define thresholds for inventory reordering.

Bulk Adjustment Tool

Added a bulk inventory reconciliation and adjustment tool, including the ability to bulk finish zero-quantity packages.

Alphabetize Store List

Alphabetized the store list for easier management.

Purchase Limit Visual Indicator

Added visual indicators for purchase limits during checkout. For more information, see Retail: Visual Purchase Limits Feature.

QuickBooks Online Integration

Added QuickBooks Online integration so customers can sync transactions, sales, products, orders, and invoices.

Cash Drop, PIN, Search, and Customer Notes Improvements

Added employee names to cash drop receipts, required PIN entry for shared-register cash drops, allowed configurable PIN sizes, removed search case sensitivity, and added notes to customer views.

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