ABI Research on Indoor Loc and the $200M Shopkick Acquisition

Some days ago SK Planet, a subsidiary of the leading Korean wireless operator SK telecom agreed to acquire Shopkick, a U.S. company developing a proximity and indoor location solution for U.S. retailers, for $200 million in cash.

We asked Patrick Connolly, a well known expert of indoor location and an analyst with ABI Research, his take o…