Pre-Black Friday Lounge: Holiday Sales Friendsgiving Mixer

Prepare for the holiday rush. Strengthen your local visibility. Meet businesses you may actually want to collaborate with. Pre-Black Friday Lounge: Holiday Sales Friendsgiving Mixer Join us in person for a relaxed Friendsgiving mixer with the holiday sales community. Connect, mingle, and enjoy a little pre-Black Friday lounge time! Join a focused group of local business owners, makers, retailers, and creative entrepreneurs for a practical morning of holiday-season strategy, product discovery, and professional connection. Pre-Black Friday Lounge combines a facilitated Holiday Peak Season Strategy discussion with a curated Mini Pop-Up Showcase ahead of Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Small Business Saturday. Participants will explore campaign timing, local visibility, merchandising, customer communication, inventory readiness, and practical ways independent businesses can support one another during the holiday period. During the Mini Pop-Up Showcase, eligible attendees may display a compact selection of products, samples, lookbooks, menus, or brand materials and take part in structured collaboration conversations with other local operators. A Lead Host will be present throughout the event to manage QR check-in, guide the strategy discussion, facilitate introductions, and coordinate the showcase. A seasonal brunch grazing station, handcrafted espresso, coffee, tea, and non-alcoholic refreshments will be available. This is an educational and professional networking event. Participation does not guarantee sales, referrals, contracts, partnerships, or other commercial outcomes.