Stores already confirming closures for Thanksgiving Day 2019

Many stores have already officially confirmed they will be closed on Thanksgiving Day this year.

While there are still many that open early to get ahead of the Black Friday rush, dozens of stores kept their doors closed last year.

For 2019, 33 stores have already confirmed closure, according to BestBlackFriday.com.

Those stores are as follows:

• Army and Airforce Exchange Service
• Academy Sports and Outdoors
• Ace Hardware
• Ann Taylor
• BJ’s – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Barnes and Noble – (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• Bob’s Discount Furniture (open for Black Friday at 9 a.m.)
• Burlington Coat Factory (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Costco
• Crate & Barrel – (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• Fleet Farm – (open for Black Friday at 6 a.m.)
• Guitar Center – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Half-Price Books
• Hobby Lobby – (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• HomeGoods – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• JO-ANN – (open for Black Friday at 6 a.m.)
• Lowe’s – (open for Black Friday at 6 a.m.)
• Marshalls – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Menards
• Neiman Marcus – (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• Nordstrom
• Office Depot (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• OfficeMax (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• Petco – (open for Black Friday at 8 a.m.)
• Petsmart
• REI (closed on Black Friday)
• Sam’s Club
• Sierra Trading Post – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Staples – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• Stein Mart
• The Container Store
• T.J.Maxx – (open for Black Friday at 7 a.m.)
• True Value

In addition, the website has provided a list of stores they predict will be closed, but have not officially announced it yet. Many of them have been closed on Thanksgiving Day in the past.

The list of predictions is below:

• Cost Plus World Market
• Dillard’s
• Harbor Freight
• H&M
• Home Depot
• Ikea
• Pier 1
• Sprint
• T-Mobile
• AT&T
• Sur La Table

Stores predicted to be open on Thanksgiving:

• Bass Pro Shops
• Best Buy
• Big Lots
• Gamestop
• JCPenny
• Kohl’s
• Macy’s
• Old Navy
• Sears
• Target
• Walmart

Since we are just getting into the holiday season, more stores will likely announce their closures and the list will be updated.

BestBlackFriday.com conducted a study in September via Google Surveys asking 1,000 people if they thought retail stores should be open on Thanksgiving Day. The results showed 72% said that they should be closed. Only 14% said they planned to shop on Thanksgiving.

Many people are starting to turn away from traditional holiday shopping for a more convenient method—smartphones. According to Adobe Analytics, sales on Cyber Monday coming from smartphones hit an all-time high last year with over $2 billion in sales. The buy online, pickup in-store feature was up 50%, also a record-high.