Editorial source · tracked monthly

forbes.com

Citation profile

Where this domain grounds AI answers in Specialty Retail, how much of each tracked industry it carries, and which brands depend on it.

October 2026 edition

forbes.com ranks #30 of 2k cited domains in Specialty Retail, grounding 2.0% of citations in this all 4 models cut. Across the index, its strongest measured position is Retail Banking at 3.6%, and it appears in 28 of 31 published industries. Sampled answers that cite it name 302 tracked brands.

Source profile · October 2026 · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Source snapshot

Specialty Retail · all 4 models
Citation share
2.0%
— no second month yet
Industry rank
#30
of 2k cited domains
Industries cited in
28/31
28 live · 0 preview
Source type
Editorial
Inferred from the domain
Brands named alongside
302
In 319 sampled answers that cite it

Citation footprint by industry

All-model · United States
Every industry where forbes.com is cited, by citation share
Industry Edition Citation share Industry rank Month-over-month Δ
Retail Banking live
3.6%
#3 ▼ 1.6
Commercial & Residential live
3.2%
#14 —
Consumer Electronics – Wearables live
3.1%
#15 —
Credit Cards & Payment Processing live
2.9%
#21 ▼ 0.8
Quick Service Restaurants live
2.7%
#18 —
Asset Management & Wealth live
2.7%
#21 ▲ 0.1
Insurance live
2.3%
#28 ▼ 0.8
Fragrance live
2.3%
#35 —
Delivery & Logistics live
2.3%
#30 —
Airlines & Travel Services live
2.3%
#31 —
Specialty Retail Current live
2.0%
#30 —
28 of 31 published industries cite this domain above their display threshold · 11 shown Share and movement are measured independently in each industry

Brands named alongside forbes.com

In sampled answers that cite this source
Tracked brands named in sampled answers that cite forbes.com, by number of answers
BrandIndustryShared answersVisibility scoreIndustry rank
Article Specialty Retail 2
20.0
#13
West Elm Specialty Retail 2
17.6
#16
Ace Hardware Specialty Retail 1
36.7
#9
Best Buy Specialty Retail 1
73.0
#3
Home Depot Specialty Retail 1
75.8
#2
Lowe's Specialty Retail 1
55.6
#7
Oura Consumer Electronics – Wearables 27
73.2
#2
Capital One Bank Retail Banking 24
57.6
#3
Samsung Consumer Electronics – Wearables 23
71.6
#3
SoFi Retail Banking 21
20.1
#14
302 tracked brands named in 319 sampled answers · top 10 shown Counted from stored answers that name the brand and cite the source
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forbes.com currently grounds 2.0% of cited answers in Specialty Retail.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.