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When Pittsburgh shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names REI. #12 of 43 local running stores; AI names Fleet Feet Pittsburgh in 27.

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AI answers that name it0 of 30
  • ChatGPT0 of 10
  • Perplexity0 of 10
  • Google AI Mode0 of 10

Leader: Fleet Feet Pittsburgh, 27 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

REI

  • 4.4 · 672 Google reviews
  • 412 S 27th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
  • Running
  • rei.com

More Google reviews than 95% of the running stores in Pittsburgh. Yet AI names 13 other running stores here, Fleet Feet Pittsburgh first, with 627 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best running store in Pittsburgh”. The answer names:

  1. Fleet Feet Pittsburgh
  2. Gingerbread Man Running Company
  3. PRO BIKE+RUN

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.

  1. best running store in Pittsburgh
  2. where to buy running shoes in Pittsburgh
  3. running shoe store in Pittsburgh with gait analysis
  4. trail running shoe store in Pittsburgh
  5. where to buy Hoka shoes in Pittsburgh
  6. local running shop in Pittsburgh with group runs
  7. best place to buy running gear in Pittsburgh
  8. running store in Pittsburgh with online ordering
  9. affordable running shoes in Pittsburgh, where should I buy them
  10. which local shop in Pittsburgh 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.

Nearby, in 15203

Other running stores with the same ZIP code.

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