AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Brooks AI shopping shelf share

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

Standing

#3

Fitness & Outdoor · UK

#2 #3

Shelf-share

5.8%

of UK answers

6.5% 5.8%

Sentiment

100%

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%

The shoppers Brooks wins

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

Where Brooks wins the journey

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

Awareness

#2

9.5%

Research

#11

2.3%

Comparison

#4

5.0%

Validation

#7

4.9%

Purchase

#6

4.3%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
7.3%
Google AI Mode
3.1%

What AI says about Brooks

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

7% budget, 79% mid, 14% premium

“Brooks Ghost 17 — £84.15 — excellent all-rounder for road running.”

ChatGPT

“Check options on the Brooks Running UK store.”

Google AI Mode

“Recent Reddit discussions repeatedly mention Hoka Bondi/Clifton, Brooks Adrenaline, New Balance, ASICS and Saucony, but experiences vary substantially—even with the same model.”

ChatGPT

“Cushioned trainer:** Bondi 9 Wide / Clifton 10 Wide / Brooks Adrenaline Wide For pavements, promenades, easy trails and everyday walking.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Brooks.

How to read this

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

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