Costco, Home Depot, TJ Maxx and dozens of other retailers are bucking a major Black Friday trend
- Black Friday sales' start times have crept earlier, encroaching on Thanksgiving Day.
- This year, at least 77 retailers — including Costco, TJ Maxx, and Nordstrom — have said they will keep stores closed on Thanksgiving, according to BestBlackFriday.com.
- Several retailers told the website that this was because they wanted to give employees time to spend with family.
Black Friday sales' start times have continued to creep earlier as retailers look to max out on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
This has meant that many stores opened their doors the day before, on Thanksgiving. Sears did so in 2010, Walmart in 2011, then Target in 2012.
However, several retailers and mall owners have bucked the trend in recent years by refusing to open their doors early.
According to data gathered by BestBlackFriday.com, at least 77 retailers plan to keep their stores closed on Thanksgiving this year. Several told the website that this was because they wanted to give employees time to spend with family.
Here's the full list of retailers planning to stay closed on Thanksgiving, per BestBlackFriday.com:
- A.C. Moore
- Abt Electronics
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Ace Hardware
- Acme Tools
- Allen Edmonds
- American Girl
- At Home
- AT&T (Company-Owned Stores)
- Barnes & Noble
- Big 5 Sporting Goods
- BJ’s Wholesale Club
- Blain’s Farm & Fleet
- Bob’s Discount Furniture
- Burlington
- Christopher & Banks
- Cost Plus World Market
- Costco
- Craft Warehouse
- Crate and Barrel
- Dillard’s
- dressbarn (majority of stores)
- El Dorado Furniture
- Fleet Farm
- Gander Outdoors
- Gardner-White Furniture
- Guitar Center
- H&M
- Half Price Books
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Hobby Lobby
- Home Depot
- HomeGoods
- Homesense
- IKEA
- JOANN Stores
- Lamps Plus
- Lowe’s
- Mall of America
- Marshalls
- Mattress Firm
- Menards
- Micro Center
- Music & Arts
- Navy Exchange
- Nebraska Furniture Mart
- Nordstrom
- Nordstrom Rack
- Northern Tool
- Office Depot & OfficeMax
- Outdoor Research
- P.C. Richard & Son
- Patagonia
- Pep Boys
- Petco
- PetSmart
- Pier 1 Imports
- Publix
- Raymour & Flanigan Furniture | Mattresses
- REI
- Sam’s Club
- Sears Outlet
- Sierra Trading Post
- Sportsman’s Warehouse
- Sprint (Retail Stores Closed Unless Mall Dictates Otherwise; Mall Kiosks May Open)
- Staples
- Stein Mart
- Sur La Table
- The Container Store
- The Original Mattress Factory
- The Paper Store
- TJ Maxx
- Tractor Supply Co.
- Trader Joe’s
- Trollbeads
- Von Maur
- West Marine
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