REI
When San Antonio shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names REI. #12 of 39 local running stores; AI names iRun Texas in 29.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: iRun Texas, 29 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026REI
- 4.5 · 872 Google reviews
- 11745 I-10 Ste 110, San Antonio, TX 78230
- Running
- rei.com
More Google reviews than 84% of the running stores in San Antonio. Yet AI names 11 other running stores here, iRun Texas first, with 340 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks Perplexity: “where to buy running shoes in San Antonio”. The answer names:
- iRun Texas
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Foot Locker
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 San Antonio
- where to buy running shoes in San Antonio
- running shoe store in San Antonio with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in San Antonio
- where to buy Hoka shoes in San Antonio
- local running shop in San Antonio with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in San Antonio
- running store in San Antonio with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in San Antonio, where should I buy them
- which local shop in San Antonio 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.
- Whole Earth Provision Co.2 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 795 reviews
- Fleet Feet San Antonio21 of 30 · ★ 4.8 · 960 reviews
- Sun & Ski Sports1 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 414 reviews
Nearby, in 78230
Other running stores with the same ZIP code.
- Foot Solutions San Antonio0 of 30 AI answers
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