So as the title says, the Golden Bazaar no longer seems to have anything to do with weaving. I've talked to all the NPCs and done all the quests, but I haven't discovered why that is. My attention span is terrible, though, so I may have missed something.

The closest thing I've been able to guess, going by some vague NPC dialogue, is that after the calamity their wares were no longer in high demand and so they tried to make money by claiming that the "gold" in their name meant that they had hidden gold deposits nearby. They then became a regular small town, with a focus on mining that's been gradually diminishing as people realize there's no gold to be found.

Or was it just a retcon?