@zen_soy @StijnEl ... De prijzen in de winkels zijn hoger in België, maar de kosten voor de supermarkten zijn dat ook, bvb. loonkosten, schaalnadelen. Soms verklaren verschillende BTW-tarieven of belastingen ook mee het verschil.
@zen_soy @StijnEl ... (volume). Dit heeft deels te maken met zijn type winkels (hypermarkten zijn passé, de supermarkten van Carrefour doen het beter), maar ook met management (frequente wissels, voldoende voeling met de markt?) en mogelijk ook met het product aanbod. ...
@zen_soy @StijnEl Toegevoegde waarde van (food) retail is beperkt, met lage marges tot gevolg. De Belgische markt is heel concurrentieel (cfr. sterke groei Colruyt in het verleden, Lidl sinds 2 decennia, recenter Albert Heijn en Jumbo). Carrefour verloor de afgelopen decennia veel marktaandeel ...
@xantorM@CStichelbaut@GinoDelaere We may not need 5G immediately, but communication is a vital instrument in an economy so being a late adopter is not without risks. The focus of governments on maximising license payments is also not very smart.
@xantorM@CStichelbaut@GinoDelaere Lower latency, higher speed, more capacity and cheaper to operate networks are advantages vs 4G. E.g. gaming, streaming media, selfdriving cars (not any time soon) should benefit from these at some point.
@xantorM@CStichelbaut@GinoDelaere That’s the 1 mln dollar question ;-). People in the industry see few opportunities in BtoC in the short term. BtoB seems a bit more promising (IoT/machine communication). There are however few concrete applications that can’t be done with 4G/fixed broadband already.
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