“Traffic is not coming back to the hypermarkets: it’s all gone online”

Thomas Pocher, an E.Leclerc associate in France, is the originator of the “pedestrian drive-through” format. As Carrefour and Auchan accelerate offers with this format, he looks back at the recent fund raising for quick commerce players.

Through . Published on 15 October 2021 à 18h10 - Update on 15 October 2021 à 18h22

How do you consider the current fund raisings for Quick Commerce?Thomas Pocher: These fund-raising rounds and associated valuations are massive. Financial markets imagine that we can replace supermarkets and hypermarkets with quick commerce companies (Note: Like Gorillas,…