. . . . If you make a last-minute run to Costco on Thanksgiving Day, youll be out of luck. The discount retailer is bucking the hot trend in retail: kicking off the holiday shopping season before the turkey is even out of the oven. Our employees work especially hard during the holiday season, and we simply believe that they deserve the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with their families, Paul Latham, the companys vice president for membership and marketing, wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. Nothing more complicated than that. While Walmart, Kmart, Target and others grab headlines for starting the holiday shopping season on Thanksgiving Day, Costco and a few others are standing out for their commitment to a national day off. “Maybe call me old-fashioned, but I feel that it’s an easy decision to make [to stay closed on Thanksgiving],” Laura Sen, the CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club, told HuffPost. Her company’s 201 stores are staying closed on Thanksgiving Day.. . . excerpts Let;s Hear It For The Good Guys!!!! ~ mark huffingtonpost/2013/11/13/costco-thanksgiving_n_4262774.html?utm_hp_ref=business
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:40:12 +0000