AI Shopping Readiness: Apparel & footwear brands on Shopify
We scored 55 well-known apparel & footwear brands on Shopify on how ready their catalogs are for AI shopping assistants like ChatGPT. The average is 89/100, against 86 across all 224 stores in the index.
Key findings
- Average score: 89/100 (median 89) across 55 stores.
- 73% have product descriptions too short or vague for an assistant to answer shopper questions from.
- 58% are missing barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) on products or in structured data, which assistants use to match products across sources.
- Image alt text is a top-3 issue for 64%.
- 2% block at least one AI crawler in robots.txt.
Most common issues
| Issue | Stores where it is a top-3 issue |
|---|---|
| Literal product description | 40 (73%) |
| Image alt text | 35 (64%) |
| Product structured data (JSON-LD) | 28 (51%) |
| Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) | 17 (31%) |
| Variant images | 13 (24%) |
| Shipping weight | 9 (16%) |
All apparel & footwear stores
| # | Store | Score | Catalog | Store setup | Biggest issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beginning Boutique US | 99 | 98 | 100 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 2 | YoungLA | 99 | 98 | 100 | Image alt text |
| 3 | Alphalete Athletics | 98 | 100 | 96 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 4 | Faherty Brand | 98 | 100 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 5 | Lunya | 98 | 97 | 100 | Literal product description |
| 6 | Buffbunny | 97 | 100 | 93 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 7 | Culture Kings US | 97 | 98 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 8 | DUER | 97 | 98 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 9 | Petal & Pup USA | 97 | 98 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 10 | Ryderwear | 97 | 97 | 96 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 11 | Thursday Boot Company | 96 | 98 | 93 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 12 | Brixton | 95 | 95 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 13 | White Fox Boutique USA | 95 | 95 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 14 | Nisolo | 94 | 90 | 100 | Literal product description |
| 15 | Steve Madden | 94 | 90 | 100 | Descriptive title |
| 16 | Taylor Stitch | 94 | 93 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 17 | Gymshark US | 93 | 89 | 100 | Image alt text |
| 18 | REPRESENT | US | 93 | 91 | 96 | Variant images |
| 19 | NAADAM | 92 | 90 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 20 | PANGAIA | 92 | 91 | 93 | Image alt text |
| 21 | Rothy's | 92 | 86 | 100 | Literal product description |
| 22 | Frank And Oak | 91 | 88 | 96 | Descriptive title |
| 23 | Jenni Kayne | 91 | 87 | 96 | Shipping weight |
| 24 | Kith | 91 | 90 | 93 | Literal product description |
| 25 | Tentree | 91 | 87 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 26 | Alo Yoga | 89 | 88 | 91 | Image alt text |
| 27 | Jambys | 89 | 87 | 93 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 28 | KOIO | 89 | 93 | 84 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 29 | UNTUCKit | 89 | 91 | 87 | Variant images |
| 30 | Allbirds | 88 | 84 | 93 | Literal product description |
| 31 | Christy Dawn | 88 | 85 | 93 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 32 | goodamerican.com | 88 | 82 | 96 | Descriptive title |
| 33 | Ten Thousand | 88 | 89 | 87 | Literal product description |
| 34 | Kizik | 87 | 81 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 35 | Triangl | 87 | 89 | 84 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 36 | Andie Co. | 86 | 80 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 37 | OluKai | 86 | 84 | 89 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 38 | Outdoor Voices | 86 | 80 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 39 | Psycho Bunny | 85 | 77 | 96 | Descriptive title |
| 40 | STAUD | 85 | 77 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 41 | Vessi | 85 | 80 | 93 | Literal product description |
| 42 | DarcSport | 84 | 84 | 84 | Literal product description |
| 43 | DÔEN | 84 | 81 | 88 | Descriptive title |
| 44 | edikted | 84 | 78 | 93 | Literal product description |
| 45 | Summersalt | 84 | 92 | 73 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 46 | Cozy Earth | 83 | 88 | 75 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 47 | Kotn | 83 | 74 | 96 | Image alt text |
| 48 | PARADE | 82 | 79 | 87 | Barcodes (GTIN/UPC/EAN) |
| 49 | princesspolly.com | 82 | 74 | 93 | Literal product description |
| 50 | Cuyana | 80 | 85 | 73 | Literal product description |
| 51 | Beckett Simonon | 78 | 87 | 64 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 52 | Marine Layer | 78 | 66 | 96 | Literal product description |
| 53 | OBEY CLOTHING | 77 | 71 | 87 | Literal product description |
| 54 | Mugsy | 74 | 75 | 73 | Product structured data (JSON-LD) |
| 55 | Knix | 73 | 64 | 87 | Literal product description |
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- Beauty & personal care (35 stores)
- Food & drink (31 stores)
- Home & living (24 stores)
- Electronics & gear (21 stores)
- Jewelry & accessories (21 stores)
- Health & wellness (16 stores)
- Pets (11 stores)
- Kids & baby (10 stores)
Methodology and FAQ
What does the score measure?
How easy a store's public catalog is for AI shopping assistants to read, trust and recommend: descriptive titles, literal descriptions, product type and brand, images with alt text, variant images, barcodes, shipping weights, policy pages, AI crawler access in robots.txt, product structured data and /llms.txt. 100 means nothing in the public data holds the store back.
How were stores chosen and scanned?
We picked well-known brands that run on Shopify and kept those whose public catalog could be read. Each store was scanned with the free Surfaced AI readiness checker, reading only public storefront pages and up to 250 products. Headless storefronts are scored on what's publicly checkable.
Can I see the full report for one store?
Yes. Click a store name to open its live report, which lists every issue and the worst-scoring products. You can also check any other Shopify store for free.
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Yes. Every listed store has an embeddable badge with its rank. Copy the snippet from the badge section on this page and replace the store address with yours.
My store is listed and the score looks wrong. What can I do?
Scores reflect the public data on the scan date. Re-run the free checker after changes, or email us and we'll rescan for the next update.
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