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Market Insights Snapshot
In August 2026, CORE Cannabis concentrated 80.20% of sales in Flower while Vapor Pens held 11.41%, signaling a two-tier mix anchored by inhalables. Month over month, Flower expanded 46.53% and Vapor Pens accelerated 73.27%, while Pre-Roll advanced 27.42% and Capsules rose 44.98%; Edible grew 7.83% MoM but contracted 66.13% YoY. The brand’s average price rose 37.62% YoY to $28.08, with category-level pricing skewed higher in Flower at 32.85 and Vapor Pens at 33.81, while Pre-Roll remained low at 10.14; Nevada leadership is implied by the top-state signal for Nevada. Taken together, the surge in inhalables alongside price elevation implies CORE Cannabis is leaning into potency-forward, higher-ticket formats for near-term scale while deprioritizing Edible as a share driver.
With Flower ranked 11 in Nevada for the category, the 46.53% MoM Flower lift and 73.27% MoM Vapor Pens growth indicate momentum that can translate into rank gains if sustained, whereas the 66.13% YoY decline in Edible limits breadth. The 1.62% share from Edible and 0.29% from Capsules suggest a narrow tail, while 6.48% from Pre-Roll provides an entry price ladder that offsets the 37.62% YoY brand-wide price increase. The pattern implies CORE Cannabis is positioned as an inhalables-led brand aiming to climb category ranks via Flower scale and Vapor Pens velocity, while using Pre-Roll for acquisition and keeping low-exposure, higher-variance categories like Edible contained to manage margin and inventory risk.
Competitive Landscape
CORE Cannabis sits at rank #11 in NV Flower in August 2026, up 17 positions from #28 in May 2026, and matching its peak rank of #11 in August 2026; the absence of a year-over-year rank makes the 3-month acceleration the clearest signal, with a 17-place climb versus a stable top tier. Meanwhile, STIIIZY holds #1 after moving from #2 year over year with a 50.5% sales increase, and Redwood jumped from #23 to #5 alongside a 218.1% sales lift, indicating that CORE Cannabis is gaining share rank quickly but still trails leaders consolidating at the top; this trajectory implies CORE Cannabis is transitioning from mid-pack volatility toward contention, but sustained gains are required to convert a short-term rank surge into durable top-10 presence.
Notable Products
Lemon Bars Budlets (14g) posted the largest movement in August 2026 with a +148% month-over-month surge, while Blue Diesel (3.5g) fell -33% to rank 9; Oil Spill (3.5g) also jumped +57% to rank 2, indicating momentum is concentrating in upsized formats rather than legacy eighths. Lemon Bars Shake (14g) advanced +80% to rank 4 and Lemon Bars (3.5g) climbed +43% to rank 1, and six of the top ten are Flower SKUs, implying CORE Cannabis is consolidating share in value-weighted flower tiers with Lemon Bars acting as the anchor flavor. Blue Diesel Pre-Roll (1g) spiked +142% to rank 7 alongside Lemon Bars Pre-Roll (1g) at rank 5, but only one SKU among the top ten carries a publicly listed dollar figure of $57,766, which sits with the fastest riser cohort and signals consumer trade-up into larger packs over classic 3.5g units. Taken together, the product mix points to CORE Cannabis tilting its portfolio toward higher-weight flower and complementary pre-rolls to monetize strain equity while de-emphasizing underperforming eighths.
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.
