Shopkick, the shopping app, announced it has partnered with Sports Authority. All shopkick users will earn “kicks” just for walking in, browsing special offers throughout the store, scanning products and making purchases at Sports Authority store locations.
“We offer simple solutions for retailers to adopt,” said Cyriac Roeding, CEO and co-founder of shopkick. “We understand how to drive incremental change for our retail partners while creating the ultimate shopping experience. By combining the latest technology with a great consumer app, we help shoppers discover products they will love. We're excited to scale national with Sports Authority after proving the value shopkick brings.”
With 16 retail and more than 150 brand partners, shopkick's network is the only one in which multiple retailers use the same currency to offer rewards. Shopkick ensures that consumers shopping within the network browse, visit, interact and purchase more than the average shopper. When the network increases “kicks,” consumers respond. For retailers, this means shopkick brings more informed shoppers to the store. For brand manufacturers, shopkick provides better, more frequent ways to connect with shoppers, letting them influence and inspire the intent to shop throughout the path to purchase.
“We are excited to partner with shopkick nationwide,” said Mike E. Foss, Chef Executive Officer of Sports Authority. “Their innovative application engages our customers in a new and compelling way, offering added benefit to shop at Sports Authority.”
Shopkick delivers high-value rewards, in a currency called “kicks,” to shoppers for a variety of actions they take as they go about shopping: being present in stores, browsing and interacting with products, and purchasing at participating retail stores as well as right within the app. Shoppers can redeem kicks to treat themselves with store gift cards, a free coffee or dinner, Coach handbags, song downloads, movie tickets, donations to charity and more.
