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QuickWit Weekly (5/16): Last Week’s Top Retail News

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Last week’s most read and most interesting stories.

  • Instacart files for IPO
  • TikTok’s explosive growth
  • The Metaverse and Retail
  • Lots on Q-Commerce
    • JOKR launches retail media
    • Gopuff launches first restaurant brand
  • and more!
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Gorillas celebrates 16 million orders worldwide

Gorillas is celebrating its two year anniversary, in which over sixteen million orders have been delivered in nine countries worldwide.

Since its founding in Berlin in May 2020, the delivery company has grown rapidly, expanding to more than 60 cities including Amsterdam, London, Paris, Madrid, New York, Milan and Munich.

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