[oh8eleven]

I managed in retail many moons ago. Mon thru Fri we opened at 10am, closed at 9pm.
On weekends we closed at 6pm Saturdays and stayed closed on Sundays and holidays.
This started changing in the mid 70s and that was it for me. New career.

[Alberta's Child]

I’m with you. My personal rule of thumb is that I never shop on days that I wouldn’t want to work myself. That means Sundays and most holidays. My Saturdays are pretty busy, as a result!

[Buckeye McFrog]

I worked in the business for a time. When our employer (who had already filed a Chapter 11) floated a trial balloon on a conference call about opening on Thanksgiving, one store manager spoke up and said “Well, dammit, you’ve gotta draw the line somewhere!”

He got fired and we were open on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday is out of control. That incident a couple of years ago at the WalMart where an employee got trampled to death was utterly predictable.