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Where you are and what facilities you have can determine your success.
Where in the world?
Berlin is embarrassed about its attempts to build a new airport, but it does have unique historical issues to overcome if it is not too suffer economically from capacity problems. Can Ireland’s phenomenal digital sector growth continue after Brexit? What will be done about Air Passenger Duty in the UK to make sure the consumer isn’t punished?
Where in the country?
Stores need to decide where to they can afford to maintain a physical presence, and government needs to be fair about how online “stores” should be taxed. Mergers might only be approved if competition is shown to be effective a local level as well as a national one. In the years since Black Friday crossed the Atlantic where has it been most effective? Geography, despite the digital world we inhabit, is still crucial in commerce.
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