q-handel

Compound of q +‎ handel (“trade; commerce”). Loanblend of English q-commerce, short for quick commerce.

q-handel c

1. (Internet, business) A quick commerce; type of e-commerce with short delivery time (usually within an hour).
   • 2022 April 29, Johan Colliander, “Här breder q-handelns aktörer ut sig [This is where quick commerce players are expanding]”, in Fri Köpenskap‎, page 10:

     Quick commerce, eller q-handel på svenska, har på kort tid blivit ett begrepp inom den svenska handeln och konceptet med leveranstider på under en timme eller mindre ^[sic] har vuxit till sig under pandemin. Inte minst för Foodora. […] Q-handel uppfyller ett syfte där det finns ett kundbehov där butiker och dark stores snarare samverkar. Trenden innan q-handeln var ju att det beställdes från de stora lagren längre bort men nu med q-handel är det mycket mer attraktivt att köpa från den lokala butiken igen, säger han.

     Quick commerce, or q-handel in Swedish, has in a short time become a concept in Swedish trade and the concept of delivery times of less than an hour or less ^[sic] has grown during the pandemic. Not least for Foodora. […] Quick commerce fulfills a purpose where there is a customer need where stores and dark stores rather interact. The trend before quick commerce was that it was ordered from the large warehouses further away but now with quick commerce it is much more attractive to buy from the local store again, he says.

• e-handel (“e-commerce”)
• kohandel (“horsetrading”)