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Where to Buy
Shortys is stocked at 16 licensed dispensaries across Colorado, with the deepest coverage in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aspen, Avon, and Boulder. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one.
Market Insights Snapshot
In August 2026, Shortys concentrated entirely in Pre-Roll, with a 100.0% category share and a state-category rank of 16 in Colorado. Within that single-category focus, year-over-year sales fell 55.68% while month-over-month declined 25.83%, and the average price slipped 1.24% YoY alongside a single-month contraction that aligns with the 25.83% MoM volume hit. The pattern points to a brand operating as a pure-play in Pre-Roll where the combination of a 16th-place rank and dual declines of 55.68% YoY and 25.83% MoM implies contraction concentrated in its core rather than diluted by mix effects.
The absence of diversification—100.0% in Pre-Roll—means Shortys’s positioning is tied to a single demand curve, so the 55.68% YoY drop and 25.83% MoM dip translate directly into share risk within the Pre-Roll set in Colorado. With price down only 1.24% YoY against a 55.68% sales decline, the gap suggests that unit throughput, not pricing, is the primary pressure, and holding rank at 16 amid these declines implies exposure to further slippage if category trends do not stabilize. The implication is that maintaining relevance will require either mix expansion beyond Pre-Roll or a tactical reset in Pre-Roll execution, because the current 100.0% concentration channels all volatility into the brand’s sole profit engine.
Competitive Landscape
Shortys sits at rank 16 in Colorado Pre-Roll in August 2026, down 11 positions year over year from rank 5, and 4 spots below its May 2026 position at rank 12; by contrast, Green Label Cannabis held rank 1 while its sales contracted 30.1% year over year, and Green Dot Labs moved up to rank 3 with a 55.1% sales increase. Shortys’ peak at rank 5 in March 2026 versus its current rank 16 marks an 11-rank slide, while Cali-Blaze advanced from rank 3 to rank 2 alongside a 19.7% YoY lift; meanwhile, Kaviar fell from rank 2 to rank 4 with a 41.5% YoY decline. The pattern implies Shortys is ceding share to faster-moving peers despite some top-tier contraction, and the downward rank trajectory from March 2026 to August 2026 signals a shift from peak relevance to mid-pack positioning that likely requires mix or distribution recalibration.
Notable Products
Durban Cookies Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.25g) posted the standout move with a +77.5% month-over-month surge into rank 5, while the Variety Pack - Energetic Focus Sleepy Pre-Roll 12-Pack (3g) fell 46.6% yet still held rank 1, indicating volatility concentrated at both the top and mid-tier. Freeworld Miracle Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.25g) declined 25.6% at rank 7 and Lemon Cookies Pre-Roll 5-Pack (1.25g) dropped 35.6% at rank 8, and eight of the top ten are Pre-Roll SKUs from multi-pack formats, pointing to a portfolio leaning on bundle-driven traffic even as individual flavors churn. This pattern implies Shortys is skewing toward a two-speed mix where variety-led flagships defend share while select strain-led five-packs power opportunistic MoM spikes, suggesting assortment pruning around underperforming flavors could fund deeper bets in fast-moving strains.
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.
