Retailers are worried they'll wind up paying for it.
The expectation of disruption troubles retailers, who rely on the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas for 20 percent to 40 percent of their sales for the year. She is concerned about the effect on business arising from street closures during the conference. We are hoping for the best and plan to do business as usual. The conference, which will draw about 6,000 delegates, their families and visiting members of the media, will fill 40,000 hotel-room nights at a time when rooms often sit vacant. It is something that people in the hospitality industry and hoteliers won't see many times in their career.