Many big box and department stores around the country are generating buzz this year for their decision to stay open and begin their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day.
33 million shoppers are expected to hit the sales Thursday night after eating their turkey and stuffing.
The earlier openings are also generating complaints from shoppers and employees who have to work the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, there are 63 different petitions protesting this shift from retailers on the website Change.org.
Stores staying open on Thursday include Best Buy, Kohl's, Target and J.C. Penney.
Publix, Home Depot, Dillard's, Nordstrom and several others have announced that they will be closed for the holiday.
WJCT's Melissa Ross spoke with Candace Moody, employment expert and spokesperson at WorkSource Florida, about this trend of retailers keeping their doors open on Thanksgiving.
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