from someone who used to work in retail, I can kind of see the logic of having it that weekend from the standpoint that vendors might do well at a convention but since that is the busiest shopping weekend of the whole year, I cannot see someone wanting to set up a booth and taking inventory and staff away from a brick and mortar location that is almost guaranteed to have incredible sales.
Also, that weekend is one of the most-if not the most-busiest traveled weekends of the year. Flights and hotels are probably already booked and now to have to deal with a convention at the last moment does not seem like good planning or even business sense.
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