Brand profileBeauty & Personal Care
Bates
Beauty & Personal Care brand
What the AIs say
— best · 1 of 5 agree“Only Gemini has placed Bates so far this snapshot — average rank #30.0 across 1 mention.”
synthesised · the AI panel
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the whole category and rank Bates's products — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Only Gemini has placed Bates so far this snapshot — average rank #30.0 across 1 mention.
Gemini
#30.0
avg over 1 mention · best #30
Wins & misses?
Where it leads, where it lags.
Bates doesn't crack the top-10 in any tracked intent this snapshot. Lowest finish: #30 in Best Hiking Shoes for Wide Feet.
Top wins
Bates hasn’t cracked any top-10 list this snapshot.
Where it lags
Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Across 2 weeks of tracking: 2 intents steady, 0 climbed, 0 slipped.
Act three · ★ new
Do they agree?
Put the two verdicts side by side — every product with its AI rank and its reviewer score — and see where the machines and the buyers line up, and where they don't.
The lineup, reconciled?
Every product — both verdicts.
Ranger II Hot Weather Pro Wide is the only Bates product the AI assistants have picked so far — showing up in 1 buyer question.
Hiking Shoes
Traits?
The words the panel uses.
AI most often praises Bates for being "breathable" (1 mention) and "durable" (1).
- breathable1
- durable1
- support1
- tactical1
Rivals?
Who it competes against.
Merrell has the edge over Bates — winning more of the 1 shared question the AI panel ranks them both in.
- MerrellFashion & FootwearMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- SalomonFashion & FootwearSalomon leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- KEENFashion & FootwearKEEN leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- ColumbiaFashion & FootwearColumbia leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- AltraFashion & FootwearAltra leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- VasqueFashion & FootwearVasque leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
- ObozFashion & FootwearOboz leads 1–0 · 1 shared · 1 categoryCompare
The recap
Where it stands today.
- FootprintAppears in 1 buying intent.
- TraitsMost often associated with “breathable” (1 mentions) and “durable” (1).
- Top productRanger II Hot Weather Pro Wide is the most-mentioned Bates product this snapshot.
- Closest rivalMerrell (0–1 across 1 shared intent).