Target says it will never open on Thanksgiving again

The pandemic pushed many other chains last year to close their doors on Thanksgiving last year, including Walmart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY) and Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS). These companies will again close on the holiday this year, although none have made permanent changes to their Thanksgiving policies going forward.

Target's announcement Monday was another sign of how the holiday shopping stretch in the United States has changed. While the holiday period used to be marked by a few big days, retailers in recent years have started their deals and events earlier and spread them out across the season— helping them avoid a crush of demand, which can strain their stores and delivery networks. This year, retailers moved up their deals earlier than ever to get in front of supply chain woes and limit empty shelves.

Not all major retailers will close on Thanksgiving, however. Whole Foods, Kroger (KR) and Dollar General (DG), among others, will stay open.

Good. Now all the "family values" frauen will have to stay home with their God damned families, where they fucking belong. Bet we see a huge rise in domestic violence on Thanksgivig day from all the Karen's who can't get their shopping fix that day.

[quote] Target says it will never open on Thanksgiving again

That's horrible. If a tranny needs to use the toilet on Thanksgiving where can they now go?

^^The Hyatt

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Its HEARTWARMING how wonderfully Target treats its workers.

Supply chain issues.

How the FUCK is Target still open?

This is great news. As soon as they get another CEO, Target will reopen on Thanksgiving. "Never" is not a word that holds much water when money is to be made, sadly!

Nooooo! Not again! I get the best cock there!

Isn't Thanksgiving Day one of the biggest shopping days of the year?

Retail stores do not need to be open on Thanksgiving. Give the damn workers a break.

Let’s also start closing everything on Sundays again- except bars and restaurants. Get during the week or do without, no one is that busy. If they are, chances are they’re already using Amazon.

Supply and demand. If there are more shittily paid part time jobs than workers to take them, you can't coerce your employees into giving up their holidays to staff your stupid big box stores.

Anecdotal, but I worked on Thanksgiving at a Target in South Carolina in 2019. It was a massive bust. Huge drop from the previous year in terms of sales.

Some of us work Monday through Saturday, r15. I'm not supposed to get groceries because of your personal aesthetics?

I always kind of enjoyed getting out of the house on Thanksgiving to walk off dinner. Target was the only place we'd really go. There were always some hot daddies shopping with their annoying wives.

[quote] Let’s also start closing everything on Sundays again- except bars and restaurants.

No, let's not. The Christian right will think of this as a win for Christianity, "family values," etc. I like having the option of shopping on Sunday although I rarely do (shop on Sunday).

[quote] I worked on Thanksgiving at a Target in South Carolina in 2019.

You sound hawt.

I, too, have split days off and while I'm not theoretically against everything closing on Sunday, I just can't make it work as I do the majority of my shopping on Sunday

Also, lovely pic in the article link there...can they find a single THIN middle class/working class individual in the US anymore??

So all those people who make a minimum wage will lose a day's pay. That'll help them out.

R21 I did what I had to do after being laid off. Thanks for trying to make me feel badly about it.

R24 Actually, for Thanksgiving they got double time.

Oh god, r25, that was the exact OPPOSITE of what I was implying. I swear.

I find most Target workers hot. Plus, it was supposed to be a joke. Don’t be so defensive.

Are they reopening 12:01am Friday morning?

[quote] Let’s also start closing everything on Sundays again- except bars and restaurants.

If we can force church to close on Sunday, I just might go for this.

This is a positive. Allow people to spend time at home. There is nothing available on Thanksgiving you can’t buy the day before or after.

Tune in to QVC, watch me do my happy dance, and shop!

Publix here in FL is closed as well. I could swear Whole Foods used to be open all but two days a year - Christmas and Thanksgiving?

[quote]Let’s also start closing everything on Sundays again- except bars and restaurants.

Welcome to Bergen county, NJ in 2021!

[quote]Publix here in FL is closed as well

Ugh. I can certainly see closing early like noon, but I'd like to see grocery stores open for part of the day at least.

I actually feel things should start closing earlier again. It’s ridiculous that some places make their employees work until midnight and then they still have to clean etc.

I knew a woman whose train stopped running by midnight and they still made her stay. Ridiculous.

This sounds like great news. Shops don't have to be open on Thanksgiving. You know the special day is coming be prepared and enjoy the day with family and friends...or not!! Retail in 2021 is hard enough without really shitty customers giving staff a hard time.

Good for them.

The only stories that NEED to be open on major holidays are grocery stores. Shit happens and you need to get something to eat at the market. No one NEEDS a new TV that day.

[quote] I find most Target workers hot.

I think it’s the outfit they give us. The red polo is always 2 sizes too small that I feel like I’m bulging out of it. Everyone I know is complaining about losing Thanksgiving Day. We were getting paid double time and that is how we make it through the holidays to buy gifts. The people with families who didn’t want to work that day, didn’t work anyway so this closure doesn’t even affect them. Now no double time, no single time either. Thanks a lot!

Walmart made its employees work one of their days off so they could have Thanksgiving off. No paid holiday for Walmart workers.

[quote]No one NEEDS a new TV that day.

The hell they don’t. I need to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home that day on my new big screen TV.

Good. But I bet some of the workers didn’t have family they wanted to be with and enjoyed the double time pay.

Target gives double pay on Black Friday now since they’re closed on Thanksgiving r41. BF wasn’t double pay. Now it is.

Yes r4, it's the women's fault they get their asses beat because they can't compulsively shop at Target on Thanksgiving. Christ almighty, I bet your poor co-workers worry you're going to shoot up the place. You can't keep your kind of crazy hidden

Frankly, the year I worked at Target on Thanksgiving, it wasn't that big a deal. I think most families eat pretty early. They opened at 5:00pm. I ate with my family at 3pm, relaxed a bit, took a shower, and went in till 1am.

Honestly, it was kinda fun. Plus the double time. I remember there being massively less customers than they had expected. There was some kind of crazy special on Ipads- and they put up stanchions leading up to the register in the tech department- with people there to "guide" the line. It was all not needed. There was a line from about 5pm to 5:05pm- everyone who was supposed to work the line was standing around- and I can tell you Target does NOT like employees standing around. Several people got sent home early.

I would bet this decision has more to do with buying habits (people not motivated to go out, waiting till the next day, buying online) than Target wanting employees to enjoy Thanksgiving.

BTW, I suppose Target is better than Walmart, but working at Target was quite dehumanizing.