Staples to close stores on Thanksgiving

Staples.com will feature fantastic deals on Thanksgiving Day, giving customers the convenience of shopping from home while stores are closed. Instead, the retailer will offer its customers online-only deals on the holiday and then reopens stores at 6 a.m. on Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season.

Staples said customers would be able to order items from its website on Thanksgiving, and vowed to offer special holiday savings beginning in early November.

The retailer, with its world-wide headquarters in Framingham, has been open in a few states the past two years.

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“We want our customers and associates to enjoy Thanksgiving their own way”, said Staples president Demos Parneros.

Stores opened as early as 6am on Thanksgiving Day for Black Friday sales past year.

Reports the New York Times, Thanksgiving Day sales overall fell 11 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year.

But retailers aren’t necessarily adding to their profits. “I’m sure a few do, but really at the end of the day all it does is just spread consumer spending out”, she says.

Though they aren’t yet releasing their specific ads, both Target and Staples have already made huge announcements that are directly related to their plans for the holiday shopping season.