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Thursday 26 November 2015
List of stores open US Financial Front:
on Thanksgiving Day
and/or Black Friday Mall stores must open on Thanksgiving but expect to be busy
NEW YORK (AP) — After the JOYCE M. ROSENBERG ald Peters and Gerald Pe- least part of the day. It can less a retailer is a coffee
turkey and stuffing comes AP Business Writer ters Gold Mine. pay off: Shoppers spent an house or food store, he says
the kickoff of the holiday NEW YORK (AP) — Some Big national retailers and estimated $3.3 billion on they’ll probably waste time
shopping season. And big retailers face scrutiny malls began opening on Thanksgiving last year, ac- and money by being open.
even though most retail- for opening on Thanksgiv- Thanksgiving several years cording to ShopperTrak, a “They’re not going to get
ers are offering the same ing, but many small stores ago. The idea was to cater company that compiles re- much sympathy,” Phibbs
deals online, many still have no choice. to people who can’t wait tail industry statistics. says. “People are going
plan to open their doors Take jeweler Jerry Amerosi, until the day after Thanks- The economics of open- to ask, ‘Are you nuts? Why
on Thanksgiving Day or in who has three stores in New giving known as Black Fri- ing on Thanksgiving can didn’t you close?’”
the early morning hours York’s Staten Island Mall. day, to start their holiday be a little different for the But some small stores in
of Black Friday. So if you malls don’t have a choice.
prefer to pick up those dis- Alana Fusco, left, an employee at Gerald Peters, a jewelry store owned by Jerry Amerosi at the Refinery, a men’s leather
counted TVs, toys and oth- Staten Island Mall in New York, helps a customer choose a bracelet for her niece. Fusco and other goods and accessory store,
er goods in person, here’s employees of the store will be working Thanksgiving from 6 p.m., until midnight, because the busi- will be open along at 10
a partial list of what time ness is in a large mall which could fine the owner as much as $1,000 if he closes on the holiday. a.m. with the other stores
stores are open on Thanks- in the Coconut Point mall
giving and Black Friday: (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) in Estero, Florida, on the
— Discount Stores Gulf Coast. Owner Andrew
TARGET Amerosi says he’d rather shopping. smaller guys. Flower and Kryliouk says he’d rather
Thanksgiving: Opens 6 p.m. not work on the holiday, But that has led to criti- candy shops in some areas not work on Thanksgiving,
and stays open all night and if his stores were on a cism of retailers by some may decide to stay open but like other retailers in the
into Black Friday. downtown or neighbor- labor groups and shop- for customers who need mall, he’s required to open
KMART hood street, he wouldn’t. pers for requiring workers something at the last min- his store.
Thanksgiving: Opens 7 p.m. But his lease at the mall re- to give up time with their ute to take to Thanksgiv- Many of Kryliouk’s custom-
and stays open all night quires him to open. That’s families. As a result, some ing dinner. But experts say ers are people known as
into Black Friday. the norm for most malls, stores have come out pub- stores that sell gift items for snowbirds, who spend the
WAL-MART whose landlords fine retail- licly to proclaim that they’ll the December holidays are cold weather months in
Thanksgiving: Deals start at ers up to $1,000 or more if remain closed on Thanks- likely to have few takers un- Florida and head back
6 p.m. they don’t open. giving. TJX, which owns less they’re in a mall. north in the spring. Many
— Department Stores So, Amerosi’s stores will be TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Most independent retailers shop on Thanksgiving be-
JC PENNEY open 6 p.m. to midnight. HomeGoods, even rolled are likely to close to spend cause they don’t have
Thanksgiving: Opens 3 p.m. Eight employees will be out ads this year that tout time with their families, but family nearby and so aren’t
and stays open all night working, and if this Thanks- its decision to stay closed also because shoppers having big holiday dinners.
into Black Friday. giving is like last year’s during the holidays, with a won’t be prowling down- At the Great Mall in Milpi-
KOHL’S holiday, they’ll have their narrator saying “family time town areas and neighbor- tas, California, Alder Riley
Thanksgiving: Opens 6 p.m. hands full. comes first.” hoods to see who might expects to be busy on the
and stays open all night “It was crazy busy,” says Still, there’s been an ex- be open, says Bob Phibbs, holiday helping custom-
into Black Friday. Amerosi, who declined panding list in recent years CEO of The Retail Doctor, a ers who need replace-
MACY’S to give sales figures for his of big chains and shop- consulting company based ment parts for espresso
Thanksgiving: Opens 6 p.m. stores, which include Ger- ping centers that open at in Coxsackie, New York. Un- makers, TV remotes and
and stays open all night other household items —
into Black Friday. something always seems
SEARS to break on Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving: Opens 6 p.m. Last year, when Riley’s busi-
and closes 2 a.m. Friday ness was located in Ver-
Black Friday: Opens 5 a.m. mont, his main store in Bur-
— Electronic Stores lington had $1,200 in reve-
BEST BUY nue, four times the take on
Thanksgiving: Opens 5 p.m. a typical day.
and closes 1 a.m. Friday Riley’s kiosk, Blu-Bin, uses
Black Friday: Opens 8 a.m. machines known as 3-D
GAMESTOP printers to quickly make the
Thanksgiving: Closed parts out of plastic. He’ll
Black Friday: Opens 5:00 have three people working
a.m. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. that
HHGREGG day, earning twice their
Thanksgiving: Opens 4 p.m. usual pay as they run eight
and closes 12 a.m. Friday printers.
Black Friday: Open 7am.q “We’re anticipating quite a
crunch,” Riley says.q
