Walmart will close its stores on Thanksgiving for the third year in a row. The retailer joins Target, Kohl’s and Best Buy in deciding to close for the holiday.
“It’s a thing of the past. We’ll again be closed on Thanksgiving,” Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner said in an interview Wednesday on NBC.
Target last year announced its stores would close on Thanksgiving permanently. “What started as a temporary measure driven by the pandemic is now our new standard,” Target CEO Brian Cornell said in 2021. “Thanksgiving store hours are one thing we won’t ‘get back to’ when the pandemic finally subsides.”
Costco, Home Depot, Nordstrom, Publix, Trader Joe’s, and others have been closed on Thanksgiving for many years.
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