{
  "dataset": "State of Shopify AI Readiness 2026",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-06-19",
  "cohortQuarter": "Q2 2026",
  "publisher": "Editorial Team, StoreMend Audit",
  "source": "app/state-of-shopify-2026/_components/cohort-data.ts",
  "license": "Free to reuse with attribution to StoreMend Audit.",
  "corpus": {
    "storesAudited": 1091,
    "storesClassified": 1077,
    "aiInvisible": {
      "count": 778,
      "pct": 72.2
    },
    "aiTransitional": {
      "count": 299,
      "pct": 27.8
    },
    "aiReady": {
      "count": 0,
      "pct": 0
    },
    "schemaAbsent": {
      "count": 733,
      "pct": 68.1
    }
  },
  "verticals": [
    {
      "vertical": "apparel",
      "label": "Apparel",
      "stores": 205,
      "invisible": 143,
      "transitional": 62,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 69.8,
      "schemaAbsent": 138,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 67,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "beauty",
      "label": "Beauty",
      "stores": 171,
      "invisible": 128,
      "transitional": 43,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 74.9,
      "schemaAbsent": 126,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 74,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "food_cpg",
      "label": "Food and CPG",
      "stores": 146,
      "invisible": 108,
      "transitional": 38,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 74,
      "schemaAbsent": 102,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 70,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "home",
      "label": "Home",
      "stores": 122,
      "invisible": 88,
      "transitional": 34,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 72.1,
      "schemaAbsent": 83,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 68,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "electronics",
      "label": "Electronics",
      "stores": 108,
      "invisible": 76,
      "transitional": 32,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 70.4,
      "schemaAbsent": 70,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 65,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "pet",
      "label": "Pet",
      "stores": 87,
      "invisible": 57,
      "transitional": 30,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 65.5,
      "schemaAbsent": 53,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 61,
      "directional": false
    },
    {
      "vertical": "supplements",
      "label": "Supplements",
      "stores": 46,
      "invisible": 33,
      "transitional": 13,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 71.7,
      "schemaAbsent": 31,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 67,
      "directional": true
    },
    {
      "vertical": "outdoor",
      "label": "Outdoor",
      "stores": 30,
      "invisible": 24,
      "transitional": 6,
      "ready": 0,
      "aiInvisiblePct": 80,
      "schemaAbsent": 24,
      "schemaAbsentPct": 80,
      "directional": true
    }
  ],
  "notes": {
    "denominator": "Corpus percentages use 1,077 classified stores. The 1,091 figure is total stores audited.",
    "aiInvisiblePct": "invisible / (invisible + transitional + ready) from the vertical by tier crosstab.",
    "schemaAbsentPct": "share of the vertical missing Product and Organization JSON-LD, rounded to whole percent at the source.",
    "directional": "verticals with fewer than 50 audited stores are directional (supplements, outdoor).",
    "otherExcluded": "the 'other' catch-all vertical is excluded from the per-vertical cuts."
  }
}