Whether it’s George A Romero’s classics like Night of the Living Dead

[GoldfishLord]

What is a “zombie business” and why is it important?​

Whether it’s George A Romero’s classics like Night of the Living Dead; Simon Pegg’s still funny Shaun of the Dead; the bleakly compelling Walking Dead and now The Dead Don’t Die – a comedy with Bill Murray and Adam Driver that has opened the Cannes Film Festival this week.

Source: https://www.businessrescueexpert.co.uk/the-walking-dead-businesses/

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What does "it" refer to?

 

[emsr2d2]

It refers back to the most recent noun - "a zombie business".

Did you intend to ask about "it's", which appears in your thread title, rather than the word "it" which appears only in the opening question in the quote?

 

[GoldfishLord]

Did you intend to ask about "it's", which appears in your thread title, rather than the word "it" which appears only in the opening question in the quote?

I'm sorry.
I intended to ask about the "it" in "it's".

 

[emsr2d2]

It's a dummy "it".

 

[jutfrank]

The first paragraph is not even a sentence. It's just a subordinate clause and so expresses an incomplete thought.

It's a dummy "it".

I think that's probably right but since the thought is incomplete, there's a possibility it may have been at least vaguely connected to a real referent at some point in the writing process. I think this is poor writing that needn't be analysed.