Updated 11/20: More than 75 stores have now confirmed that they will be CLOSED on Thanksgiving Day 2018! The list includes retail, grocery, warehouse, home improvement, pet and craft stores and more.
The list below even has some traditional and big box local grocery stores including Publix, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco and Sam’s Club. There are also multiple local malls that are closing on Thanksgiving Day.
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Grocery Store Hours on Thanksgiving: Most grocery stores in the area close early on Thanksgiving Day and some are closed all day long. See the list of grocery store and drug store hours on Thursday HERE.
List of Confirmed Thanksgiving 2018 Retail Store Closures
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
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
Thanks to BestBlackFriday.com for the list of store closures above!
Local Malls Closed on Thanksgiving Day 2018:
* Cary Town Center Mall in Cary, NC (Although stores with outside mall entrances may still be open, especially the larger retailers)
* Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville, NC (Although stores with outside mall entrances may still be open, especially the larger retailers)
* Triangle Town Center Mall in Raleigh, NC (Although stores with outside mall entrances may still be open, especially the larger retailers)
* Alamance Crossing in Burlington, NC (Although stores with outside mall entrances may still be open, especially the larger retailers)
All 63 malls in the country that are run by CBLProperties (including those listed above) will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. See the list of malls on their website.
Findings from the BestBlackFriday.comresearch:
- Thanksgiving Blue Laws for Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine prevent stores in those states from being open on Thanksgiving. Do you think North Carolina should have a similar law?
- Many stores have issued official statements about why they are closed on Thanksgiving day including Costco, who shared, “As an appreciation of all the hard work our employees do over the course of the year, we have always closed on Thanksgiving to give our employees a chance to relax and enjoy time with their families.”
- According to a recent September, 2018 survey by BestBlackFriday.com, over 47% of Americans dislike Thanksgiving openings.
* Strongly Favor Thanksgiving Day Openings: 11.16 percent
* Favor Thanksgiving Day Openings: 13.51 percent
* Indifferent to Thanksgiving Day Openings: 27.67 percent
* Dislike Thanksgiving Day Openings: 18.67 percent
* Strongly Dislike Thanksgiving Day Openings: 28.99 percent
What do you think? Do you want stores to be open on Thanksgiving or should they stay closed until Black Friday?
If you prefer online shopping, you will find that many brick and mortar stores that are closed on Thanksgiving Day will still have super online sales. And online shopping is certainly picking up for Thanksgiving Day. BestBlackFriday.com shared that in 2017, online sales were up 18.3% over 2016, according to Adobe.
You can see more details about the national store closings and their research at BestBlackFriday.com.