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Shopkick

Shopkick was an American company based in Denver that created a shopping app for smartphones and tablets offering users rewards for shopping activities on both online and offline platforms such as walking into stores, scanning items, making in-app or in-store purchases and submitting receipts. Users are awarded "kicks" for these actions, and can exchange…

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Founded
2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Founders
Cyriac Roeding · Jeff Sellinger · Aaron Emigh
Industry
Media
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Defunct
March 27, 2026 (2026-03-27)
Parent
Trax Retail

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Shopkick

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples64
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Shopkick

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related to Products · 21
Shopkick → American Eagle, American Eagle Outfitters, American Red, Best Buy, Feeding America, Kicks, L'Oreal, Marshalls, Mondelez, Most, Over, Partner, ROI, Shopkick's, Starbucks, Target, TJ Maxx, Torrid, Unilever, Walmart
related to history · 16
Shopkick → Aaron Emigh, Byers, CBS's, CEO Cyriac Roeding, Colorado, Cyriac Roeding, Denver, EVP, Greylock Partners, Jeff Sellinger, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield, LinkedIn Corp, Reid Hoffman, SK Planet, The
related to Technology · 7
Shopkick → Apple, BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy, GPS, Instead, Once, The
Founders · 3
Shopkick → Aaron Emigh, Cyriac Roeding, Jeff Sellinger
Defunct · 1
Shopkick → March 27, 2026 (2026-03-27)
Founded · 1
Shopkick → 2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Headquarters · 1
Shopkick → Denver, Colorado
Industry · 1
Shopkick → Media
Parent · 1
Shopkick → Trax Retail
Type · 1
Shopkick → Subsidiary

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users company app rewards american kicks retail partners stores denver store shopping walking making mobile currently products cyriac roeding well

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShopkickDefunctMarch 27, 2026 (2026-03-27)1.00infobox
ShopkickFounded2009; 17 years ago (2009)1.00infobox
ShopkickFoundersCyriac Roeding1.00infobox
ShopkickFoundersJeff Sellinger1.00infobox
ShopkickFoundersAaron Emigh1.00infobox
ShopkickHeadquartersDenver, Colorado1.00infobox
ShopkickIndustryMedia1.00infobox
ShopkickParentTrax Retail1.00infobox
ShopkickTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
ShopkickWebsiteshopkick.com1.00infobox
walking into storesinstance ofShopkick was an American company based in Denver that created a shopping app for smartphones and tablets offering users rewards for shopping activities on both online and offlin…0.80text
scanning itemsinstance ofShopkick was an American company based in Denver that created a shopping app for smartphones and tablets offering users rewards for shopping activities on both online and offlin…0.80text

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