Vans

When Salt Lake City shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Vans. #43 of 68 local running stores; AI names SLRC Salt Lake Running Company in 14.

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

Leader: SLRC Salt Lake Running Company, 14 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

Vans

  • 4.3 · 149 Google reviews
  • 51 S Main St Ste 225-A, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
  • Running
  • vans.com

More Google reviews than 39% of the running stores in Salt Lake City. Yet AI names 10 other running stores here, SLRC Salt Lake Running Company first, with 2,066 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “where to buy running shoes in Salt Lake City”. The answer names:

  1. Sports Den
  2. REI
  3. Foot Locker

Vans 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 Vans or links its site.

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

What AI finds on vans.com

Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt: what AI assistants read first.

vans.com answered but turned our automated reader away on 4 November 2026. AI crawlers may be turned away too, and then AI assistants cannot read the site.

Stores like it that AI names

Close in Google rating and reviews.

Nearby, in 84111

Other running stores with the same ZIP code.

← All 68 running stores in Salt Lake CityEvery city

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