Nearly 60 Stores Have Confirmed They Won’t Open on Thanksgiving Day

The above is a scene you won't be seeing at many retailers on Thanksgiving, and I think that's a very good thing. It's a holiday that should be about spending time with family... not just for would-be shoppers but all those workers employed at the stores as well. Best Black Friday's latest list shows 58 national retailers WON'T open their doors on turkey day. Almost half of them have stores in eastern Iowa. Here's the national retailers with eastern Iowa stores that will be telling employees and shoppers to stay home on Thanksgiving Day 2017:

1. Blain's Farm and Fleet
2. Burlington
3. Costco
4. Ethan Allen
5. Guitar Center
6. Half Price Books
7. Harbor Freight
8. Hobby Lobby
9. Home Depot
10. HomeGoods
11. JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
12. La-Z-Boy (all corporately-owned stores)
13. Lowe's
14. Mattress Firm
15. Office Depot and OfficeMax
16. Party City
17. Petco
18. PetSmart
19. Pier 1 Imports
20. Sam's Club
21. Sprint (Corporate & Dealer Owned Stores; Mall Kiosks May Open)
22. Staples
23. TJ Maxx
24. Tractor Supply
25. Von Maur

A number of other stores are expected to be closed but have not yet confirmed they will be. The full list of confirmed store closures and others that are expected to be is available HERE.

[via Best Black Friday]