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Market Insights Snapshot
In September 2026, Solid Gold concentrated 88.98% of sales in Vapor Pens with a month-over-month contraction of 34.52% and a year-over-year decline of 58.23%, while Concentrates held 11.02% share with steeper month-over-month erosion of 66.27% and a year-over-year drop of 92.35%. The average price fell 13.59% year over year to $27.86, with Vapor Pens priced at $27.63 versus Concentrates at $29.80, indicating category-specific pricing pressure alongside broad volume pullback. With Vapor Pens dominating mix and shrinking more slowly than Concentrates on both a MoM and YoY basis, Solid Gold is tilting toward a single-category footprint where incremental volatility in that category will disproportionately drive overall brand performance.
Given that Vapor Pens account for 88.98% share amid a 34.52% MoM and 58.23% YoY decline, the category’s trajectory now sets the brand’s baseline, while the 11.02% Concentrates share adds limited buffer as it contracts faster at 66.27% MoM and 92.35% YoY. The 13.59% YoY price decrease suggests an elasticity tradeoff that has not offset volume losses, especially as Concentrates carry a higher average price of $29.80 but contribute minimal, shrinking volume. This pattern implies Solid Gold’s positioning is anchored to Vapor Pens in Alberta without rank signal in Vapor Pens, so defending or rebalancing within that category—rather than relying on Concentrates—will determine short-term share retention and the path to moderating brand-level declines.
Competitive Landscape
Solid Gold sits at rank #94 in AB Vapor Pens for September 2026, down 14 positions year over year from #80 and sliding 19 spots since June 2026 relative to its #75 three months prior; despite having peaked at #65 in May 2026, the brand is now 29 ranks below that high-water mark. Meanwhile, BoxHot climbed to #1 from #3 year over year while growing sales by 56.6%, and Kolab advanced to #4 from #8 with a 66.0% sales increase, indicating Solid Gold’s relative decline stems more from competitor acceleration than category contraction; with General Admission slipping to #5 from #4 alongside a 21.2% sales decrease, the dispersion suggests Solid Gold’s trajectory—falling from #65 in May 2026 to #94 in September 2026—implies erosion in both visibility and velocity unless assortment or price-pack architecture is recalibrated to re-enter the top-75 consideration set.
Notable Products
Amnesia Haze Liquid Diamonds Cartridge (1g) posted the largest month-over-month surge at 103.4% to rank 3, while Sativa Liquid Diamond Distillate Cartridge (1g) fell 48.8% to rank 5, creating a volatile split inside the same form factor. Four of the top ten are Vapor Pens, with Lemon Drop Remix Liquid Diamond Cartridge (1g) up 51.5% at rank 4 against Purple Kush Liquid Diamond Cartridge (1g) slipping 7.8% but holding rank 1, implying flavor-led SKUs are gaining share as legacy staples plateau.
Concentrates were mixed as Pink Kush Diamonds in Terp Sauce (1g) plunged 84.9% at rank 9 while Pink Kush Diamonds and Sauce (1g) held nearly flat at -0.3% at rank 7, and category dollars clustered below $2,000 for individual SKUs. The contrast between a triple-digit gainer in Vapor Pens and a steep decline in a similarly named concentrate points to portfolio skew toward Liquid Diamonds vapes over jarred formats.
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.
