All the Small Businesses were killed in the great franchise wars of 2030.
And all that remain are the pyramid MLM scams claiming to be "small businesses" that sell crappy overpriced junk.
I already was hesitant to partake in the madness of the shopping season, but learned a lot of places get special orders of TVs and other appliances that are missing key features to cut cost so people think it is the same product as the high end ones but on sale, so I'll just wait for a better time to buy that new TV we want.