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Market Insights Snapshot
Golden Garden's performance across various categories in New York shows a mixed trajectory. In the Flower category, the brand has consistently struggled to break into the top 30, with rankings fluctuating between 59th and 64th place from December 2025 to March 2026. This indicates a challenging market position in the Flower category, despite a slight uptick in sales from February to March 2026. The absence from the top 30 suggests that Golden Garden faces stiff competition and may need strategic adjustments to improve its standing in this category.
Conversely, Golden Garden has demonstrated a more promising performance in the Pre-Roll category in New York. The brand has shown a positive trend, moving from 36th place in December 2025 to 24th place by March 2026. This upward movement is reflected in a notable increase in sales during the same period, indicating a strengthening foothold in the Pre-Roll market. The brand's ability to climb the rankings in this category suggests effective positioning and potential for continued growth. However, the journey to enter the top 20 remains an area to watch closely for further insights into Golden Garden's market strategy and execution.
Competitive Landscape
In the competitive landscape of the New York Pre-Roll category, Golden Garden has demonstrated a notable upward trajectory in its rankings over the past few months. Starting from a rank of 36 in December 2025, Golden Garden improved to 31 in January 2026, and further climbed to 25 in February, maintaining a close position at 24 by March. This positive trend suggests a strengthening market presence, likely driven by strategic initiatives or product enhancements. In contrast, KOA Exotics experienced fluctuating ranks, starting at 31 in December and dropping to 67 in February before recovering to 26 in March, indicating potential volatility in their market strategy. Meanwhile, Revert Cannabis New York and Left Coast maintained relatively stable rankings, with Revert Cannabis New York consistently staying in the mid-20s and Left Coast showing slight fluctuations. Akron Bloom, despite a slight dip in March, held a strong position, consistently ranking higher than Golden Garden. These insights highlight Golden Garden's potential for continued growth and the importance of monitoring competitors' strategies to sustain its upward momentum in the New York Pre-Roll market.

Notable Products
In March 2026, Golden Garden's Blue Zushi Pre-Roll (1g) maintained its top position as the best-selling product, continuing its dominance from the previous two months with sales of 4,374 units. The Superboof Pre-Roll (1g) remained steady at the second rank, showing consistent performance despite a slight decline in sales. Buckin Runtz Pre-Roll (1g) improved its ranking to third place, recovering from fourth in February. London Pound Cake Pre-Roll (1g) entered the rankings at fourth place, marking its debut this month. Pancakes Pre-Roll (1g) slipped to fifth, down from its third-place ranking the previous month, indicating a decline in consumer preference.
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.







