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May-2026
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Market Insights Snapshot
In May 2026, Artet’s mix consolidated entirely into Beverage at 100.0% share, with category sales up 18.47% month over month but down 62.83% year over year, while average price rose 2.69% YoY to $22.64. Within Illinois Beverage, the brand sat at rank 12, and the single-category focus paired with a double-digit MoM rebound and a double-digit YoY contraction indicates a reliance on short-cycle velocity gains rather than broad-based demand recovery.
The shift toward a full Beverage concentration and a rank of 12 in Illinois, alongside an 18.47% MoM lift but a 62.83% YoY decline, implies positioning that depends on episodic spikes more than sustained household penetration. With price nudging up 2.69% YoY amid a 100.0% Beverage mix, the pattern suggests a premium-leaning stance that risks volume sensitivity; maintaining or improving rank likely requires converting the MoM uplift into repeat purchasing to counter the large YoY deficit.
Competitive Landscape
Artet ranks #12 in IL Beverage in May 2026, slipping 1 position year over year from #11 while improving 4 spots versus February 2026 when it sat at #16; this sits below its peak of #9 reached in March 2025 and 3 positions outside the top 9. Among competitors, Uncle Arnie's held #1 year over year at #1 despite a 36.5% YoY sales decline, while Daze Off climbed from #6 to #3 on 146.0% YoY sales growth, indicating a widening performance gap at the top; meanwhile, CQ (Cannabis Quencher) slipped from #3 to #4 with a 2.6% YoY sales contraction, and tonic eased from #4 to #5 alongside a 6.2% YoY decline, reinforcing that mid-tier share is fluid. The pattern implies Artet’s slight YoY rank dip alongside a recent 4-rank recovery positions it as a stable mid-tier player that must outpace accelerating climbers to re-enter its March 2025 peak cohort.
Notable Products
Founders Reserve - Aperitif Live Resin Infused Drink (100mg THC, 750ml) delivered the month’s sharpest move with a 132.5% month-over-month gain to rank 4, while CBD/THC 1:1 Strawberry Basil Spritz Sparkling Drink 4-Pack (100mg CBD, 100mg THC, 8oz, 237ml) rose 84.2% to rank 1. In contrast, CBD/THC 1:1 Mango Ginger Spritz Sparking Drink 4-Pack (100mg CBD, 100mg THC,12oz) fell 21.7% to rank 2 and the 8oz 1:1 Mango Ginger variant declined 26.3% at rank 5, concentrating downside in the Mango Ginger line. With three of the top five coming from Spritz 4-Packs and the only raw dollar figure at $6,211 for the leading Strawberry Basil 4-Pack, the mix implies a pivot toward higher-velocity multi-pack Spritzes complemented by a premium aperitif that is scaling from a smaller base.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
