AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Outdoor Research AI shopping shelf share

🏃 Fitness & Outdoor · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#59

Fitness & Outdoor · AU

#29 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.4%

of AU answers

0.6% 0.4%

Sentiment

100%

positive

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

Who's on the fitness & outdoor shelf

1 HOKA
6.2%
2 Asics
5.9%
3 LSKD
4.3%
4 Everfit
3.8%
5 Brooks
3.7%
6 Coleman
3.5%
⋯
59 Outdoor Research
0.4%

The shoppers Outdoor Research wins

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

Where Outdoor Research wins the journey

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

Awareness

—

not surfaced

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#17

1.5%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.2%
Google AI Mode
0.4%

What AI says about Outdoor Research

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

100% mid

“(Outdoor Research) - Outdoor Research Sun Runner — a good option if you like the flexibility of a removable neck covering.”

ChatGPT

“(Tilley Australia) - Outdoor Research Sunbriolet — a good option if you want a conventional wide-brim hiking hat rather than a neck cape.”

ChatGPT

“The Outdoor Research Helios Sun Hat is the best overall sun hat for hiking , offering UPF 50+ protection , a foam-stiffened 7cm floating brim, and a moisture-wicking headband suited for harsh Australian conditions.”

Google AI Mode

“Outdoor Research Helios Sun Hat features a 360-degree broad brim with dark fabric underneath to cut down glare, plus a removable chin cord for windy coastal or outback tracks.”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific Outdoor Research items the engines put in front of AU shoppers.

  • Helios Sun Hat 0.3%
  • Sunbriolet Sun Hat 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Outdoor Research.

Kathmandu

Mountain Designs

Helinox

How to read this

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

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