Every Black Friday is another opportunity when retailers compete for customers’ attention, providing their best prices and deals of the year, and some stores will jump start their sale on Thanksgiving Day from the early hours of the morning. With stores opening as early as 5 p.m. on Thursday, festive dinners are being overshadowed by shopping frenzies. Retailers like to point the blame at consumers—according to the National Retail Federation, almost six in 10 Americans plan to shop Thanksgiving weekend—but opening a day early also runs the risk of cannibalizing sales that could have been made on Friday.
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However, because so many shoppers prefer to stay at home and shop from the comfort of their home, year after year new retailers are deciding to keep doors closed on Turkey Day.
Here is a list of the stores staying closed on Thanksgiving Day. We will update the list as we learn more about Thanksgiving or Black Friday store hours of the remaining stores
- A.C. Moore
- Abt Electronics
- Ace Hardware
- Academy Sports and Outdoors
- Army and Airforce Exchange Service
- American Girl
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Big 5 Sporting Goods
- BJ’s Wholesale Club
- Blain’s Farm & Fleet
- Bloomingdale’s
- Burglington Coat Factory
- Christmas Tree Shops
- Costco
- Craft Warehouse
- Crate and Barrel
- Dillard’s
- Ethan Allen
- Fleet Farm
- Guitar Center
- H&M
- Half Price Books
- Harbor Freight
- Hobby Lobby
- Home Depot
- HomeGoods
- IKEA
- Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts
- Lowe’s
- Marshall’s
- Mattress Firm
- Micro Center
- Northern Tool
- Petco
- PetSmart
- Pier 1 Imports
- REI
- Sam’s Club
- Sierra Trading Post
- Sportsman’s Warehouse
- The Container Store
- Tractor Supply Company
- True Value
Unconfirmed, but likely to stay closed on Thanksgiving
Here is a list of stores we predict will be closed based on previous years (they’ve never opened on Thanksgiving, or at the very least haven’t in several years):
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- AT&T
- Barnes and Noble
- Cost Plus World Market
- Disney Store
- Menards
- Nordstrom
- Northern Tool
- Office Depot & OfficeMax
- Patagonia
- PepBoys
- Sears Hometown Stores
- Sears Outlet
- Shoe Carnival
- Stein Mart
- Sur La Table
- TJ Maxx