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Aug-2026
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Market Insights Snapshot
In August 2026, Kolab’s mix is overwhelmingly concentrated in Vapor Pens at 99.08% share with year-over-year growth of 45.30% and month-over-month growth of 9.49%, while Pre-Roll contracted to 0.83% share with a year-over-year decline of 62.66% and a month-over-month drop of 23.37%. Concentrates shrank to 0.08% share with a 96.40% year-over-year decline and a 48.59% month-over-month decline, and Flower fell to 0.01% share with a 99.14% year-over-year decline; against this backdrop, the average price fell 18.73% year-over-year as total brand sales rose 34.92% year-over-year. The pattern implies that Kolab is operating as a near-single-category Vapor Pens brand, using price compression to expand volume while exiting or deprioritizing smaller formats.
Positioning-wise, the 99.08% Vapor Pens concentration alongside a rank of 4 in Vapor Pens in Alberta signals a deliberate focus on share capture within a single category rather than a portfolio-balancing approach, with August 2026 momentum of 9.49% month-over-month in the lead category offsetting a 23.37% month-over-month contraction in Pre-Roll. The combination of a 45.30% year-over-year lift in Vapor Pens and a 96.40% year-over-year decline in Concentrates indicates resource reallocation toward a category where price was reduced 18.73% year-over-year at the brand level, implying a scale-through-volume strategy that trades breadth for depth.
Competitive Landscape
Kolab is ranked #4 in AB Vapor Pens in August 2026, up 5 places from #9 in August 2025, reaching a peak rank of #4 while improving 5 ranks since May 2026. In the same period, Spinach held #1 year over year and remains #1, and SUPER TOAST advanced from #19 to #5 with a 200.4% YoY sales increase, indicating Kolab’s climb is outpaced at the margin by faster movers even as it overtakes its own prior #9 standing. The pattern implies Kolab’s rank momentum is real but constrained by an entrenched top three and a rapidly ascending challenger, suggesting future gains will require displacing BoxHot at #3 or matching the acceleration seen from SUPER TOAST.
Notable Products
Kolab’s 157 Series - Honey Blnt Distillate Cartridge (1g) delivered the month’s sharpest movement with an 80.3% MoM jump to enter rank 7, while Pure Liquid Diamonds Disposable (1g) fell 21.2% MoM at rank 6, marking a split between premium cartridge momentum and disposable softness. Strawberry Ice Diamonds Distillate Cartridge (1g) surged 57.4% MoM at rank 2 as Blue Passionfruit Diamonds FSE Cartridge (1g) held rank 1 with a 7.7% MoM lift, indicating share consolidation at the very top. With eight of the top ten in Vapor Pens and two disposables declining by 6.9% and 20.1% at ranks 5 and 8, the mix tilts toward refillable carts over disposables despite Wedding Pie Pre-Roll 10-Pack (3.5g) sliding 24.7% to rank 9. The pattern implies Kolab’s commercial direction is concentrating on Diamonds-based cartridges that can climb ranks quickly while de-prioritizing lower-velocity disposables, using a few breakout SKUs to pull category weight.
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.
