The Bottom Line

The Quick Commerce Economy

10.28.2021 - By BBC Radio 4Play

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Evan Davis looks at the expanding world of ultrafast home delivery. App-based firms like Getir promise to get a grocery order to your home in just 10 minutes. During the pandemic demand for such services skyrocketed. As new companies enter the market, is Q-commerce economically sustainable - or will there be a brutal shake-out? Evan speaks to players in this rapidly growing sector - and to a critic of it. GUESTS

Turancan Salur, general manager, Getir UK

Christa Bloom-Burrows, co-founder, Biff's

Jessica Moulton, senior partner, McKinsey & company

Adam Badger, research student, Royal Holloway, University of London Producer: Lucinda Borrell

Sound: Rod Farquhar

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