REI
When Portland shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names REI. #11 of 58 local running stores; AI names Foot Traffic in 26.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Foot Traffic, 26 of 30
Asked on 29 October 2026REI
- 4.4 · 684 Google reviews
- 7410 SW Bridgeport Rd, Tigard, OR 97224 · 2 locations
- Running
- rei.com
More Google reviews than 89% of the running stores in Portland. Yet AI names 9 other running stores here, Foot Traffic first, with 243 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best running store in Portland”. The answer names:
- Foot Traffic
- Portland Running Company
- Fleet Feet
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 Portland
- where to buy running shoes in Portland
- running shoe store in Portland with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Portland
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Portland
- local running shop in Portland with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Portland
- running store in Portland with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Portland, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Portland 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.
- Mountain Shop1 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 478 reviews
- Big 5 Sporting Goods1 of 30 · ★ 4.1 · 596 reviews
- Road Runner Sports17 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 862 reviews
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