Thanksgiving Day Closure Roll Call

National + Weekender | October 6, 2017

An interesting retail trend is emerging that bears watching. The official kick-off to the Holiday shopping season is reversing a creep earlier and earlier into the fall. Last year, Black Friday shopping visits stole from Thanksgiving Day visits – a first in years – in part because fewer stores stayed open on the holiday.

A primary reason stores say they prefer to close on Thanksgiving is to give employees and customers more time to be with family.

The trend to push back the official shopping starting line is gaining momentum. This year, according to BestBlackFriday.com, the list planning to go dark on Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) has exceeded 75 retailers.

Among the notable retailers on the roll call so far are Burlington, Cabela’s, Cost Plus World Market, Costco, DSW, H&M, Home Depot, IKEA, Lowe’s, Neiman Marcus, Sam’s Club and TJ Maxx.

For the first time in years, Game Stop plans to be open on Thanksgiving, as does discount retailer Big Lots.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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