REI
When Nashville shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names REI. #13 of 45 local running stores; AI names Fleet Feet in 25.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Fleet Feet, 25 of 30
Asked on 29 October 2026REI
- 4.4 · 636 Google reviews
- 261 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027
- Running
- rei.com
More Google reviews than 89% of the running stores in Nashville. Yet AI names 12 other running stores here, Fleet Feet first, with 1,213 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best running store in Nashville”. The answer names:
- The Exchange Running Collective
- Fleet Feet
- Nashville Running Company
- Team Nashville
REI is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.
The 10 questions we asked
Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names REI or links its site.
- best running store in Nashville
- where to buy running shoes in Nashville
- running shoe store in Nashville with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Nashville
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Nashville
- local running shop in Nashville with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Nashville
- running store in Nashville with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Nashville, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Nashville has the best running shoe selection
What AI finds on rei.com
A free check of the store's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, on 3 November 2026. These are the signals AI assistants read first.
rei.com did not open for us on 3 November 2026. If AI assistants cannot open it either, they cannot read it.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- Sun & Ski Sports2 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 703 reviews
- Cumberland Transit5 of 30 · ★ 4.8 · 399 reviews
- Tradehome Shoes2 of 30 · ★ 5.0 · 772 reviews
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