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These 70-plus stores will be closed on Thanksgiving

From Costco to Nordstrom, a growing number of retailers are planning to keep their doors shut on Thanksgiving.
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UPDATE: This story was originally published Oct. 1 and has been updated to reflect additional stores staying closed on Thanksgiving. Check back for updates.

The Black Friday shopping extravaganza kicks off early online on Thanksgiving at just about every major retailer in the nation.

And at bricks-and-mortar stores, the sales start before many families even serve up the pumpkin pie with Target and Best Buy opening at 5 p.m. this year and Walmart at 6 p.m.

But a growing number of retailers have made the decision to remain closed Thanksgiving, including wholesale clubs like Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club.

Black Friday gained its name because it was viewed as the day of the year retailers earned profitability, or were "in the black." Nearly a decade ago, sales slowly started creeping into Thanksgiving and by 2012, most major retailers were open on the fourth Thursday in November.

Despite public outcry and shoppers threatening to boycott, the opening times have moved earlier. Target is opening an hour earlier this year.

Black Friday gained its name because it was viewed as the day of the year retailers earned profitability, or were "in the black." Nearly a decade ago, sales slowly started creeping into Thanksgiving and by 2012 most major retailers were open on the fourth Thursday in November.

Despite public outcry and shoppers threatening to boycott, the opening times have moved earlier. Last year, J.C. Penney started its sale at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving and Kohl's, Macy's and Best Buy started sales at 5 p.m.

Last year, a BestBlackFriday.com survey found 57 percent of Americans were against Thanksgiving openings while only 16 percent said they favored them.

“Many people are still strongly against the idea of retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving,” Dengler said. “Since Thanksgiving is all about family, a majority of people believe stores should be closed on the day.”

While still a minority, the website's new survey shows more people may be getting used to the idea. Nearly a quarter of the 1,069 surveyed this year said they were in favor of the holiday openings, close to a 9 percentage point increase over last year.

Staying closed Thanksgiving

Here is a list of retailers planning to stay closed on Thanksgiving Day:

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

Bealls Outlet

Big 5 Sporting Goods

BJ’s Wholesale Club

Blain’s Farm & Fleet

Bloomingdales

Bob's Discount Furniture

Burlington

buybuy Baby

Christopher & Banks

City Furniture

Cost Plus World Market

Costco

Craft Warehouse

Crate & Barrel

Dillard’s

dressbarn (majority of stores)

El Dorado Furniture

Fleet Farm

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

Marshalls

Mattress Firm

Menards

Micro Center

Music & Arts

Neiman Marcus

Nordstrom

Nordstrom Rack

Office Depot and OfficeMax

Outdoor Research

The Original Mattress Factory

P.C. Richard & Son

Patagonia

Pep Boys

Petco

PetSmart

Pier 1 Imports

Publix

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture | Mattresses

REI

Saks Fifth Avenue

Sam’s Club

Shoe Carnival

Sierra Trading Post

Sportsman’s Warehouse

Sprint (some mall retail stores and kiosks may open on Thanksgiving)

Staples

Stein Mart

Sur La Table

The Container Store

The Paper Store

TJ Maxx

Tractor Supply Co.

Trader Joe’s

Trollbeads

Von Maur

West Marine

World Market

Also closed

Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping and entertainment complex, announced on Nov. 1 that for the third year in a row it would remain closed Thanksgiving. The mall will kick off Black Friday at 5 a.m.

Kelly Tyko is a consumer columnist and retail reporter for Treasure Coast Newspapers and TCPalm.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Read her Bargainista tips at TCPalm.com/Bargainista, follow her on Twitter @KellyTyko and email her at kelly.tyko@tcpalm.com. Sign up for her weekly newsletter at www.tcpalm.com/newsletters.

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