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Express shopping delivery: the government regulates the activity of warehouses in the city

2022-03-17T17:37:46.168Z


INFO LE FIGARO - It specifies in a guide under what conditions start-ups can set up there. With the pandemic, the French have taken a liking to home shopping delivery. A whole myriad of start-ups (Gorillas, Getir, Cajoo, Frichti, Flink…) have rushed into the breach, offering to deliver customers in less than 15 minutes. To do this, they mesh cities with mini-warehouses closed to the public, which embarrass municipalities and pose, like electric scooters a few years ago, new urban planni


With the pandemic, the French have taken a liking to home shopping delivery.

A whole myriad of start-ups (Gorillas, Getir, Cajoo, Frichti, Flink…) have rushed into the breach, offering to deliver customers in less than 15 minutes.

To do this, they mesh cities with mini-warehouses closed to the public, which embarrass municipalities and pose, like electric scooters a few years ago, new urban planning problems.

To respond to this, the Ministry of the Economy is publishing a guide this Friday which clarifies the town planning rules applicable to “dark stores”.

This guide has doctrinal value: it explains to elected officials under what conditions a mini-warehouse can be considered a business and no longer a warehouse.

This distinction is fundamental because most "dark stores" have settled in former businesses.

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