All Walmart and Sam's Club Stores Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Avoiding Holiday Madness
and seemingly every business. To help slow the curb and keep people safe, everyone needs toplans in some way, and that's true even for retail giants like Walmart. As the numbers from a"summer spike" reaffirm the importance of social distancing, the company is already thinking ahead to fall and announced its decision toOn Tuesday, Walmart announced its decision to change up things this year.
One of America's largest retailers has shared its plans to keep all its nearly 5,000 US stores closed on Thanksgiving Day, which falls on November 26 this year. The closures will affect both Walmart and all 500 Sam's Club locations, a move away from its typical regular hours on the holiday and the company's super-popular Black Friday sales, which previously would kick off on the holiday.Walmart has been criticized for its longstanding decision to stay open on the holiday.
Walmart's decision to keep its stores open during the holiday"in recent years faced criticism that they don't allow workers to spend the holiday with their families," according to The idea to close the stores this year, which the company hasn't done since the late 1980s, per"We know holiday shopping will be different this year, and we will be managing sales events differently," said John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart US.
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