Gorillas' retreat signals a reckoning for delivery apps
10 mins | Jul 15, 2022
Quick delivery companies have raced to dominate large cities, taking some questionable shortcuts. Gorillas arrived in Belgium in June 2021 amid a flurry of excitement for Q-commerce. Yet, one year later, all of the company's Belgian dark stores are shut, resulting in hundreds of job losses. Morgan Meaker explores how quick-delivery empires are crumbling across Europe as investors look for profits.