Macy's opening earlier on Thanksgiving Day
By Doreen Christensen
Oct 18, 2016 | 8:20 AM
Macy's will open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, one hour earlier than last year.
The struggling department store chain will stay open until 2 a.m. and close and reopen at 6 a.m. on Black Friday, Nov. 25, Macy's confirmed.
"Again this year, we surveyed our store associates well in advance, giving them an opportunity to tell us their preferences, and we are working diligently to staff Thanksgiving with associates who volunteer," Macy's said in an email to the Sun Sentinel. "Doing so means that our employees are able to make their own decisions about how they contribute to our most important and busiest weekend of the year. Additionally, associates who work any shift on Thanksgiving day will be compensated with overtime pay. We deeply value the commitment and contribution of our associates across the country as we continue to focus on meeting customer needs in today's competitive retail climate."
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Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise announced recently it would open the megamall at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
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Other malls and big-box retailer such as Target, Best Buy and JC Penney, have not announced holiday opening hours, but Boca Raton Office Depot said it would not open on the holiday this year, instead opening at 6 a.m. on Black Friday.
South Florida-based electronics retailer BrandsMart U.S.A. will open its dororsat 4 p.m., as it did last year.
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This year, the National Retail Federation projects holidays sales in November and December to increase by 3.6 percent, or $655.9 billion. The forecast is above the seven-year average of 3.4 percent since economic recovery began in 2009, according NRF data. In 2015 sales were up 3.2 percent from the previous year.
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