AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Clinique AI shopping shelf share

🧴 Skincare · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#11

Skincare · UK

#16 #11

Shelf-share

1.6%

of UK answers

1.1% 1.6%

Sentiment

87%

positive

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

Who's on the skincare shelf

1 La Roche-Posay
12.9%
2 CeraVe
10.2%
3 COSRX
4.3%
4 Avène
4.1%
5 The Ordinary
3.5%
6 Beauty of Joseon
3.4%
⋯
11 Clinique
1.6%

The shoppers Clinique wins

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

Where Clinique wins the journey

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

Awareness

#31

0.4%

Research

#10

1.1%

Comparison

#12

1.6%

Validation

#20

0.5%

Purchase

#7

4.3%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
1.7%
Google AI Mode
1.4%

What AI says about Clinique

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

87% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed premium

13% budget, 25% mid, 63% premium

“(Boxing Day Deals) - Look for: No7 gift sets, Clinique routines, Elemis sets, CeraVe bundles.”

ChatGPT

“SKIN Hydrated Ever After Skincare Mini Kit]() £21.00 Best categories to buy on Boxing Day - Luxury skincare sets — often better value than buying individual products (Elemis, Estée Lauder, Clinique, Charlotte Tilbury).”

ChatGPT

“Clinique Daily Calm Soothing Repair Cream Why it works: Fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, and loaded with barrier-repairing lipids like ceramides and soothing caffeine/shea butter.”

Google AI Mode

“_Alternative:_ Clinique Daily-Themed Skincare Gift Sets** – Allergy-tested and 100% fragrance-free, making them safe and luxurious for mature or sensitive skin.”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

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

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Clinique.

How to read this

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

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