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Aug-2026
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Where to Buy
Good News is stocked at 475 licensed dispensaries across Illinois, Massachusetts, and 4 other states, 161 of them in Illinois, with the deepest coverage in Chicago, Normal, Quincy, Springfield, and Champaign. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
Good News concentrated 51.44% of August 2026 sales in Edible, where sales grew 7.97% year over year and 1.30% month over month, while Vapor Pens at 35.52% contracted 17.27% YoY and 2.04% MoM. Pre-Roll held 13.04% with a 41.72% YoY drop but a 10.68% MoM rebound, and the brand’s average price fell 8.80% YoY alongside total brand sales down 11.47% YoY. With Edible ranked 10 in Illinois and carrying the largest mix weight, the pattern implies a pivot toward Edible stability offsetting Vapor Pens drag, with Pre-Roll acting as a month-level volatility lever rather than a recovery engine.
The mix shift—Edible up 7.97% YoY while Vapor Pens down 17.27% YoY—suggests price-led accessibility (average price at $16.87, down 8.80% YoY) is improving conversion where flavor and dosage drive choice, but inhalables sensitivity is compressing baskets. The 10.68% MoM lift in Pre-Roll against a 2.04% MoM dip in Vapor Pens points to substitution within inhalables, and the 1.30% MoM Edible gain indicates steady replenishment; combined with a 10th-place Edible rank in Illinois, the implication is to defend and expand Edible share while re-tiering Vapor Pens to arrest mix dilution and use tactical Pre-Roll promos to smooth monthly swings.
Competitive Landscape
Good News is ranked #10 in August 2026 in IL Edible, improving 1 position from #11 year over year and rising 3 spots from #13 since May 2026; the brand also touched a peak of #9 in July 2026 before slipping back one rank. In directional contrast, Incredibles moved from #2 to #1 with a 16.3% year-over-year sales change while Wyld declined from #1 to #2 amid a -10.4% sales shift; meanwhile, Gron / Grön climbed from #9 to #4 on a 47.1% increase as Lost Farm slid from #4 to #5 with -16.6%. The combination of a modest YoY rank gain (+1) and a near-term pullback from a July 2026 peak suggests Good News is stabilizing in the lower top 10 but lacks the acceleration seen among ascendant competitors, implying the current trajectory points to maintenance rather than breakout positioning.
Notable Products
Counting Sheep - THC/CBN 2:1 Black Cherry Gummies 20-Pack (200mg THC, 100mg CBN) posted the standout movement in August 2026 with a 30.9% month-over-month rise and a climb to rank 5, while top-ranked Friyay - Sour Watermelon Gummies 10-Pack (100mg) slipped 4.5% MoM but held rank 1. Across the top ten, nine of the SKUs are Edibles, concentrating category mix at 90% and keeping Pre-Roll presence to a single SKU at rank 10, which implies the mix is tilting further toward functional and flavor-led gummies rather than inhalables.
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.
