by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Food e-commerce has long remained a limited phenomenon, which only changed noticeably during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did more consumers take advantage of the options offered online, but it also prompted the launch of many food delivery start-ups worldwide. Quick commerce, in particular, offering grocery deliveries within twenty minutes or less, attracted significant sums …
Barcelona approved a total ban on dark stores (distribution hubs used by companies that provide grocery home deliveries), joining other European cities such as Amsterdam that announced restrictions in 2022. Reuters reports about it. Dark stores are like retail shops but without on-site sales, just deliveries from them. Quick commerce delivery services expanded across Europe …
Getir lost almost $600 mln in 2021 on a European revenue of $466 mln in 2021. Nevertheless, Getir has enough cash on hand to last for a while. At the end of 2021, the company had $547 mln in cash on its balance sheet, and in March 2022, it raised another $768 mln in fresh …
Quick commerce has rapidly conquered the inner cities of Europe. With the economy under pressure, questions about quick commerce’s longevity, sustainability, and profitability are asked. Walther Ploos van Amstel, Professor of City Logistics at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, spoke to Commerce Trends on the topic. Quick commerce is a niche market. In food …
Amsterdam bans the quick commerce dark stores of Getir, Flink, Zapp, and Gorillas to industrial parks. The dark stores are no longer welcome in residential areas or mixed residential-working areas with shopping, bars, and restaurants. A specific combination of concerns makes the establishment of dark stores in residential areas and mixed zones impossible, says the …
The media and marketing industry is awash with stories about the sudden emergence of flash delivery services. This new concept is very much the talk of the town and a source of unrest in certain circles. Not only do they represent new competition for the supermarkets: platforms like Just Eat Takeaway, bol.com, and Amazon are …
Dutch Jumbo Supermarkets and quick commerce company Gorillas will cooperate in the Netherlands and Flanders. They are convinced that they can benefit from each other’s expertise and strengthen their market position. It is even possible that Jumbo will take an equity stake in Gorillas. So why will this be an exciting and instructive collaboration? Demand …
Supermarkets are essential for our local shopping streets. They provide traffic. The supermarket customer also buys from the specialty stores in the street. With the loss of local ‘brick-and-mortar’ sales, first online food and non-food sales, but now also by quick commerce companies like Gorillas and Getir, supermarkets and later the other stores will not …