The number of Super Shoes on the market is amazing but it’s difficult to find a retailer that stocks a range of brands. I’ve run mostly in Nike (Vaporfly & Alphafly), Hoka, and Saucony but want to try on some Adidas, Asiics, New Balance, and others but I don’t want to spend weeks having them shipped to me and then ship them all back. I’m in the DC region. Potomac River Running and Road Runner Sports don’t carry many brands and Dick’s doesn’t carry high end models. Advice?
RunningWarehouse.com is good. Quick delivery & easy returns.
You’ve got a plethora of running shops in the DC area, depending how far you want to drive.
Fleet Feet and Pacers may be worth a try.
If the store carries Nike, Hoka, Saucony, NB, Adidas, Brooks, Altra and 361 to choose some brands that have super shoes or close to it, they are not going to stock super shoes from all those brands. They’ll choose 2 maybe 3 brands to stock super shoes based on numerous factors
They’ll stock no more than 4-5 different super shoe models. For example it might be vaporfly, alphafly, endorphin pro and hoka cielo. They are not going to stock super deep either. They’ll backfill when they start to get multiple holes in a size in the shoes (they are missing 2 of the 4 size 10s from 4 super shoes they stock)
If you’re searching for a store that stocks all the super shoes so you can try on 10 different ones you’re not going to find it.
ETA: You won’t find super shoes routinely stocked at the big box stores unless they are last years models. Those are almost always sold DTC or through run specialty retail.