Watch your Wallet with Alan Akina - ShopKick the App

25 Nov 2013 · 1 min

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In this short segment of the Wake Up Today show, hosts introduce Alan Akina, who promotes the Shopkick mobile rewards program. Akina explains that the free app lets users earn "kicks" simply by walking into participating retailers such as Old Navy, Target, Best Buy, Sports Authority, and Toys "R" Us, without needing to fill out applications, carry plastic cards, or navigate complex rules. Earned kicks can be redeemed for tangible rewards like Starbucks coffee, movie tickets, clothing, or even a shopping spree. The hosts react enthusiastically, especially when Starbucks is mentioned, underscoring the appeal of everyday, low‑effort rewards. The segment serves as a concise, conversational pitch for Shopkick’s value proposition: effortless, location‑based loyalty that translates foot traffic into consumer benefits.

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And speaking of finances, it's a growing trend. Stores everywhere are rewarding local customers with points or cash. The more money you spend, the more you earn.
But some programs are better than others. Alan Akina shows one of them to us.
Good morning, gang. How would you like to earn rewards points just for walking into a store? Well, there are several companies out there that are trying to enhance our shopping experience by offering us rewards, and one of those hot new companies It's a company called Shopkick, a new mobile shopping rewards program. Now the cool thing about this app is there are no applications to fill out, plastic cards to carry around, or confusing rules to follow. All you do is download the app to your smartphone, and every time you walk into a participating store like Old Navy, Target, Best Buy, Sports Authority, and Toys R Us, you earn what they call kicks. Now these kicks can be converted to rewards such as Starbucks coffee, movie tickets, a new pair of jeans, or even a shopping spree. Best of all, the app is free. For Wake Up Today, I'm Alan Akina. See you on Monday.
See, the moment Alan said Starbucks, we all went, hmm.
I like their hot chocolate white chocolate.
I'm just coffee black. Yes. Thank you.
You're simple.
Very simple.