Main remaining problems
The ageing of the society is expected to significantly enhance staff retention and search for talents, which is a fundamental future problem of almost all economic sectors. Furthermore this will lead to a growing competition for any kind of employees amongst sectors and companies, which, in turn, increase labour costs and decrease revenues. In addition, the expected increase of e-commerce will specifically have negative impacts on (local) specialist stores concerning revenues and the employment. Furthermore, increasing e-commerce and centralisation will have negative effects on the environment and society due to the increase of vehicle and transport performances, owing to a smaller size of shipments and centralised logistic facilities.