hhgregg Sets Thanksgiving Midnight Opening
Retailers moving Black Friday up to Thursday night
11/11/2011 | By Truman Lewis
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hhgregg is the latest retailer to move up the Black Friday clock, opening its stores at midnight Thanksgiving night.
"We are grateful to our dedicated employees for supporting the decision to open early on Black Friday,” Dennis May, president and chief executive officer at hhgregg, said in a statement.
“We are a very family-focused company, and we understand that our extended store hours place a burden on employees. However, we are staffing our stores strategically on Black Friday, and throughout the holiday season, to ensure that all of our employees have adequate time with their families.”
hhgregg stores will be open from midnight to 9 p.m. Nov. 25 and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. the following day.
Target, Macy's, Kohl's and Best Buy are all kicking off their Black Friday sales at midnight Thanksgiving night, Walmart says it will open its stores at 10 p.m.
Barbara McGreggor Habacht (Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:54:43 +0000): My husband worked for hhgregg and found them to be no more family-focused than any other for profit company. There was constant pressure to sell extended warranties even on products that already offered a good warranty. Employees were forced to go to additional "training classes" if they failed to hit their "warranty quota. " Pushing products whether they were the right fit for the customer or not was seldom taken into account.
But, admittedly....things may have changed.
Robert W Blackton Sr. (Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:21:18 +0000): Why waste your time..Open 24/7. There will always be a fool that will shop. DO IT! Join the Crowd --GREEDY? RWB
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