Dozens of retailers pledge to be closed on Thanksgiving day

theindychannel.com ^ | Oct 6, 2016 | Mandy Gambrell

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

As retailers started opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day in recent years to offer deep discounts ahead of Black Friday, some consumers cried foul.

They want the deals, but they don't want to leave their family celebrations to get them. Some also spoke up on behalf of employees of the stores that opened, saying it's unfair to ask them to also step away from family and friends on the holiday.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Here are the 40: Good for them.

A.C. Moore (Allow employees to spend time with family)

American Girl

AT&T (Customer Service Closed; Select Retail Locations Closed)

Bed Bath & Beyond (Select Locations)

BJ’s Wholesale Club

Burlington (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Cabela’s (Retail closed; Call Centers Open)

Christmas Tree Shops (Select Locations)

Costco

Crate and Barrel

Dillard’s (Allow employees to spend time with family)

GameStop (5 a.m. Black Friday opening)

Gardner-White Furniture (8 a.m. Black Friday opening)

Guitar Center

Hobby Lobby

Home Depot

HomeGoods (Allow employees to spend time with family)

IKEA

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores

Lowe’s

Mall of America

Marshalls (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Mattress Firm

Menards

Neiman Marcus

Nordstrom (non-store employees working )

Outdoor Research

P.C. Richard & Son

Patagonia

Petco

PetSmart

Pier 1 Imports (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Publix

Raymour and Flanagan Furniture (8 a.m. Black Friday opening)

Sam’s Club

Sierra Trading Post

Staples

The Container Store

T.J. Maxx (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Tractor Supply

Von Maur (9 a.m. Black Friday opening)

[SkyDancer]

And a bunch of Millennials will cry about what if they run out of cranberry sauce?

[Steely Tom]

... some consumers cried foul.

Funny how we never hear about "consumers" — or their complaints — relating to ObamaCare.

[stars & stripes forever]

[And a bunch of Millennials will cry about what if they run out of cranberry sauce?]

Looks like WALMART will be open.

[BenLurkin]

Muslims will be disappointed that they can’t create public carnage at these stores on Thanksgiving. Blood and mass death is how Muslims celebrate.

[Sans-Culotte]

The only time I have ever gone out on Thanksgiving is to the grocery store to get some forgotten item, and that has rarely happened. If all the grocers were closed, we’d get by, because there is usually such a surfeit of food on the table on Thanksgiving that something forgotten would be no big deal (and we don’t eat that horrid canned cranberry sauce). If we absolutely had to have something, like more ice, we can usually find a quick mart open somewhere. There is no way I’d go shopping for Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving. I don’t even go out on Black Friday.

[Wneighbor]

I need to be more vocal?

[9YearLurker]

I don’t see Walmart on that list.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I saw this coming 25 years ago when I worked for a now-extinct discount retailer.

We were summoned to a corporate conference call in early August that covered a number of issues. At the very end they moderator came on and told us “Oh, and one more thing. We are thinking about being open on Thanksgiving this year. What do you guys think of that?”

There was a full minute and a half of dead silence. Absolutely NOBODY liked the idea, but nobody was speaking up.

Finally a store manager in Detroit piped-up.

“well, G** Dammit, you’ve gotta draw the line SOMEWHERE!”

Long story short....a bunch of corporate suits hopped on the company jet and immediately flew to Detroit. This gentleman was dragged into a private meeting, where he was told to cool it on the conference calls.

We were open that Thanksgiving.

[SkyPilot]

[HokieMom]

[SkyPilot]

[Mad Dawgg]

Myself if a store wishes to be open on Thanksgiving or Christmas more power to them. If you don't want to shop on these days then don't go there. Real simple. Some people don't celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, that is the beauty of America we can choose to do these things.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Making America great again. One retailer at a time.

[SkyDancer]

Sad. Between Halloween and New Year’s Day I want to hide out in the hills.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Oh, what I could say about Obamacare might not be printable, if I was not careful.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Also, cyber sales that don’t need staffing on the day (order it on T-day, pick it up at the store on BF-day) make this model easier.

[Salvation]

Is God slowly coming back into business etiquette?

[JimSEA]

canned cranberry sauce

It’s so easy to make from fresh cranberries. Add a little orange peal.

[DIRTYSECRET]

You are missing something. The suits will be at home enjoying Thanksgiving with their families. The grunts who don’t make much are stuck.