Online shopping means pretty much anything can be delivered to your home in a flash. That’s great. Or, is it? In Paris, the proliferation of “dark stores,” the centers that fill online orders and send them out for delivery, is causing complaints about traffic congestion and noise, and changing the nature of shopping. Rebecca Rosman reports that Paris officials are moving to shut them down.
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