AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Asics AI shopping shelf share

🏃 Fitness & Outdoor · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#8

Fitness & Outdoor · UK

#13 #8

Shelf-share

3.0%

of UK answers

2.2% 3.0%

Sentiment

93%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the fitness & outdoor shelf

1 Gymshark
5.9%
2 Sweaty Betty
5.8%
3 Brooks
5.8%
4 Adanola
5.5%
5 HOKA
5.4%
6 WalkingPad
4.3%
⋯
8 Asics
3.0%

The shoppers Asics wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Asics ranks best.

Where Asics wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#9

4.1%

Research

#7

2.6%

Comparison

#10

3.5%

Validation

#10

3.6%

Purchase

#21

1.0%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
2.6%
Google AI Mode
3.3%

What AI says about Asics

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

93% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

17% budget, 44% mid, 39% premium

“ASICS Gel-Nimbus 26 (Wide)** : Well known for joint protection, the Gel-Nimbus incorporates signature rearfoot PureGEL technology which acts like a sponge for heel strikes—the primary trigger for knee joint shock.”

Google AI Mode

“ASICS Versablast 4 — £59.99 — lightweight and versatile.”

ChatGPT

“For an especially good daily 5K–10K trainer, the ASICS Novablast 5 is worth trying.”

ChatGPT

“ASICS gives it high cushioning, an 8 mm drop and 225 g weight, with a bouncy FF BLAST MAX midsole.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Asics items the engines put in front of UK shoppers.

  • Gel-Nimbus 27 0.4%
  • Novablast 6 0.4%
  • Novablast 5 0.3%
  • GEL-Cumulus 27 0.2%
  • Gel-Kayano 0.2%
  • GuideRails technology shoe 0.2%
  • Gel-Kayano 32 0.1%
  • Gel-Nimbus 0.1%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Asics.

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Asics, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Asics.