Stores bow to pressure, close for Thanksgiving

After several years of being open Thanksgiving Day, the nation’s retailers may be taking a step back. Retail industry experts say  it is in response to employee discontent with having to work on Thanksgiving and a view by shoppers that being open is akin to being a “scrooge”.

The decision for many was to get a head start on Black Friday shopping. This year, over 60 retail chains are taking a stand against the holiday shopping trend.

Companies have said employees and would-be shoppers should spend the day with their families. Also, more consumers are skipping the lines and searching for doorbusters online, making Thanksgiving hours less important to some retailers. According to ShopperTrak store traffic dropped roughly 1percent on Thanksgiving and Black Friday in 2016,

Some of the retailers that plan to observe the holiday this year are traditionally closed on Thanksgiving. Others are going back to their roots after getting a brief taste of Thanksgiving sales.

Staples (SPLS), which had late Thanksgiving hours in 2013 and 2014, did an about-face in 2015 and will remain closed this year.

These stores will be closed this Thanksgiving.

1. C. Moore
2. Abt Electronics
3. Academy Sports + Outdoors
4. Ace Hardware
5. At Home
6. Babies R Us
7. BJ’s Wholesale Club
8. Blain’s Farm and Fleet
9. Burlington
10. Cost Plus World Market
11. Costco
12. Craft Warehouse
13. Crate and Barrel
14. Dillard’s
15. dressbarn
16. DSW – Designer Shoe Warehouse
17. Ethan Allen
18. Fry’s Electronics
19. Gardner-White Furniture
20. Guitar Center
21. H&M
22. Half Price Books
23. Harbor Freight
24. Hobby Lobby
25. Home Depot
26. HomeGoods
27. Homesense
28. IKEA
29. JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
30. A. Bank
31. La-Z-Boy (all corporately owned stores)
32. Lowe’s
33. Marshalls
34. Mattress Firm
35. Menards
36. Micro Center
37. Mills Fleet Farm
38. Music & Arts
39. Neiman Marcus
40. Nordstrom
41. Nordstrom Rack
42. Office Depot and OfficeMax
43. Outdoor Research (closed Black Friday too)
44. C. Richard & Son
45. Party City
46. Patagonia
47. Petco
48. PetSmart
49. Pier 1 Imports
50. Publix
51. Raymour & Flanigan Furniture
52. REI (closed Black Friday too)
53. Sam’s Club
54. Sears Hometown Stores
55. Sears Outlet
56. Shoe Carnival
57. Sierra Trading Post
58. Sportsman’s Warehouse
59. Sprint (Corporate & Dealer Owned Stores; Mall Kiosks May Open)
60. Staples
61. Stein Mart
62. Sur La Table
63. The Container Store
64. The Original Mattress Factory
65. TJ Maxx
66. Tractor Supply
67. Trollbeads
68. Von Maur
69. West Marine