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10-minute delivery apps, 'instant commerce', and new frontiers in alienation

James Hennessy
Jan 05, 2022
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You will have no doubt noticed over the past few months the slew of startups cropping up in Australia’s inner cities, promising ten-minute grocery delivery with the kind of in-your-face marketing language that implies you’re maybe a little bit mentally slow for not already partaking. Part of a global trend towards ‘instant commerce’ that has emerged in …

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