Zumiez
When Salt Lake City shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Zumiez. #46 of 68 local running stores; AI names SLRC Salt Lake Running Company in 14.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: SLRC Salt Lake Running Company, 14 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Zumiez
- 3.7 · 107 Google reviews
- 50 S Main St Ste 251, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
- Running
- zumiez.com
More Google reviews than 34% 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:
- Sports Den
- REI
- Foot Locker
Zumiez 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 Zumiez or links its site.
- best running store in Salt Lake City
- where to buy running shoes in Salt Lake City
- running shoe store in Salt Lake City with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Salt Lake City
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Salt Lake City
- local running shop in Salt Lake City with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Salt Lake City
- running store in Salt Lake City with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Salt Lake City, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Salt Lake City has the best running shoe selection
What AI finds on zumiez.com
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataNo Organization or LocalBusiness data on the home page: AI has to guess who and where the store is.
- Products in structured dataNo Product data on the home page: AI cannot see what the store sells or for how much.
- Ratings in structured dataNo rating or review data: AI leans on other sites to judge the store.
- Open to AI assistantsrobots.txt lets the AI crawlers in.
- llms.txtNo llms.txt: no short summary written for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- Foot Locker7 of 30 · ★ 3.8 · 270 reviews
- DICK'S Sporting Goods1 of 30 · ★ 3.8 · 546 reviews
- Walking Comfort1 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 90 reviews
Nearby, in 84101
Other running stores with the same ZIP code.
- La Sportiva Retail Store Salt Lake City1 of 30 AI answers
- Nordstrom0 of 30 AI answers
- Beehive State Souvenirs0 of 30 AI answers
- Vape On Main0 of 30 AI answers
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