After Amsterdam, Rotterdam freezes new dark stores

Urban dark stores are flourishing in Europe. But the public authorities are more than mixed: in Paris, for example, the town hall has requested the closure of 45 dark stores opened “illegally” in commercial warehouses. In the Netherlands, Rotterdam has followed Amsterdam in halting expansion of mini warehouses in the city centre that act as a distribution hub for super-fast e-commerce delivery. The municipality declared on February 3rd that it identified 13 dark stores “in full expansion” over