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Aug-2026
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Market Insights Snapshot
Space Race Cannabis concentrated 91.70% of August 2026 sales in Pre-Roll, up in mix versus Flower at 8.30%, while Pre-Roll volume was down 22.58% year over year but up 6.75% month over month. Flower contracted sharply with a 76.10% year-over-year decline and a 34.59% month-over-month drop, pushing the brand-level sales down 34.71% year over year even as average price rose 11.55%. With Pre-Roll holding a rank of 3 in Alberta and the brand’s average price at $20.66 against a category split that skews to Pre-Roll pricing at 19.75, the pattern implies reliance on Pre-Roll for near-term stability while Flower remains a drag on growth.
The mix shift implies a positioning centered on value-accessible Pre-Rolls that can sustain share in Alberta despite year-over-year contraction, supported by month-over-month traction of 6.75% in Pre-Roll versus a 34.59% month-over-month retreat in Flower. Given the 11.55% average price increase alongside a 22.58% year-over-year decline in Pre-Roll and a 76.10% drop in Flower, Space Race Cannabis is trading pricing power for volume risk in lower-elasticity formats while exiting or deprioritizing higher-price Flower at 42.04, which implies the brand’s competitive edge is anchored in ranked Pre-Roll presence rather than breadth across categories.
Competitive Landscape
Space Race Cannabis sits at rank #3 in AB Pre-Roll for August 2026, down 1 position year over year from #2 and up 6 positions versus May 2026 when it was #9, while its peak at #2 in September 2025 remains just out of reach; meanwhile, Back Forty / Back 40 Cannabis holds #1 after rising from #5 year over year with 51.5% YoY sales growth, and General Admission is at #2 after slipping from #1 year over year alongside a 20.3% YoY sales decline, indicating Space Race Cannabis has moved into a tighter chase pack where incremental share shifts could flip #2–#3 positions even without outsized dollar gains.
Notable Products
Sky Rockets Pre-Roll 20 Pack (8g) posted the largest move in August 2026 with a +65.4% month-over-month gain and rose to rank 2, while Apollo Pre-Roll (0.4g) fell -45.3% and sat at rank 4. Sputnik Pre-Roll (0.4g) declined -30.6% at rank 1 and Voyager Pre-Roll (0.4g) dropped -23.3% at rank 3, yet five of the top ten are single-count 0.4–1g SKUs, indicating a concentrated reliance on smaller units even as multi-pack formats accelerate. Weedeorites Pre-Roll 20-Pack (8g) advanced +35.0% at rank 6 and Stargirl Pre-Roll (1g) slipped -2.7% at rank 5, contrasting steady singles with surging value packs and pointing to price-per-gram sensitivity. The mix implies Space Race Cannabis is pivoting toward higher-volume multi-packs driven by budget-seeking buyers, with singles retaining share but ceding momentum to bulk formats as the brand optimizes for basket size and repeat purchase.
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.
