AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Nike AI shopping shelf share

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

Standing

#12

Fitness & Outdoor · UK

#8 #12

Shelf-share

2.3%

of UK answers

2.8% 2.3%

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%
⋯
12 Nike
2.3%

The shoppers Nike wins

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

Where Nike wins the journey

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

Awareness

#14

1.8%

Research

#6

4.1%

Comparison

#16

1.9%

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#5

4.6%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
2.7%
Google AI Mode
2.3%

What AI says about Nike

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

93% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

4% budget, 81% mid, 15% premium

“(Southern Living) - Nike — worth checking for basics like Dri-FIT tops, shorts and jackets.”

ChatGPT

“(Nike.com) - Decathlon — excellent for basics if you need socks, tops, layers or cheaper pieces.”

ChatGPT

“Nike also currently has a dedicated UK Black Friday running section, with examples including the Vomero 18 at £101.49 (30% off) and Quest 7 at £59.99 (20% off).”

ChatGPT

“(nike.com) If you specifically want all-black running shoes, tell me your **men's/women's size and budget (e.g.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

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

  • Pegasus 0.5%
  • Free Metcon 7 0.4%
  • Vomero 18 0.2%
  • Ava X Men's Trainers 0.2%
  • Free Metcon 6 0.2%
  • Free Metcon 7 Women's 0.2%
  • Vomero 18 — Black/Summit White 0.2%
  • ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 4 0.2%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Nike.

How to read this

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

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