Posted on 10/07/2016 6:52:25 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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)
BJs Wholesale Club
Burlington (Allow employees to spend time with family)
Cabelas (Retail closed; Call Centers Open)
Christmas Tree Shops (Select Locations)
Costco
Crate and Barrel
Dillards (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
Lowes
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)
Sams 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)
And a bunch of Millennials will cry about what if they run out of cranberry sauce?
Funny how we never hear about "consumers" or their complaints relating to ObamaCare.
[And a bunch of Millennials will cry about what if they run out of cranberry sauce?]
Looks like WALMART will be open.
Muslims will be disappointed that they can’t create public carnage at these stores on Thanksgiving. Blood and mass death is how Muslims celebrate.
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.
I need to be more vocal?
I don’t see Walmart on that list.
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.
Making America great again. One retailer at a time.
Sad. Between Halloween and New Year’s Day I want to hide out in the hills.
Oh, what I could say about Obamacare might not be printable, if I was not careful.
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.
Is God slowly coming back into business etiquette?
canned cranberry sauce
It’s so easy to make from fresh cranberries. Add a little orange peal.
You are missing something. The suits will be at home enjoying Thanksgiving with their families. The grunts who don’t make much are stuck.
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