UPDATE: This story was originally published Oct. 1 and has been updated to reflect additional stores staying closed on Thanksgiving. Check back for updates.
The Black Friday shopping extravaganza kicks off early online on Thanksgiving at just about every major retailer in the nation.
And at bricks-and-mortar stores, the sales start before many families even serve up the pumpkin pie with Target and Best Buy opening at 5 p.m. this year and Walmart at 6 p.m.
But a growing number of retailers have made the decision to remain closed Thanksgiving, including wholesale clubs like Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club.
Black Friday gained its name because it was viewed as the day of the year retailers earned profitability, or were "in the black." Nearly a decade ago, sales slowly started creeping into Thanksgiving and by 2012, most major retailers were open on the fourth Thursday in November.
Despite public outcry and shoppers threatening to boycott, the opening times have moved earlier. Target is opening an hour earlier this year.
Black Friday gained its name because it was viewed as the day of the year retailers earned profitability, or were "in the black." Nearly a decade ago, sales slowly started creeping into Thanksgiving and by 2012 most major retailers were open on the fourth Thursday in November.
Despite public outcry and shoppers threatening to boycott, the opening times have moved earlier. Last year, J.C. Penney started its sale at 2 p.m. Thanksgiving and Kohl's, Macy's and Best Buy started sales at 5 p.m.
Last year, a BestBlackFriday.com survey found 57 percent of Americans were against Thanksgiving openings while only 16 percent said they favored them.
“Many people are still strongly against the idea of retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving,” Dengler said. “Since Thanksgiving is all about family, a majority of people believe stores should be closed on the day.”
While still a minority, the website's new survey shows more people may be getting used to the idea. Nearly a quarter of the 1,069 surveyed this year said they were in favor of the holiday openings, close to a 9 percentage point increase over last year.
Staying closed Thanksgiving
Here is a list of retailers planning to stay closed on Thanksgiving Day:
A.C. Moore
Abt Electronics
Academy Sports + Outdoors
Ace Hardware
Acme Tools
Allen Edmonds
American Girl
At Home
AT&T (company-owned stores)
Barnes & Noble
Bealls Outlet
Big 5 Sporting Goods
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Blain’s Farm & Fleet
Bloomingdales
Bob's Discount Furniture
Burlington
buybuy Baby
Christopher & Banks
City Furniture
Cost Plus World Market
Costco
Craft Warehouse
Crate & Barrel
Dillard’s
dressbarn (majority of stores)
El Dorado Furniture
Fleet Farm
Gardner-White Furniture
Guitar Center
H&M
Half Price Books
Harbor Freight Tools
Hobby Lobby
Home Depot
HomeGoods
Homesense
Ikea
Joann Stores
Lamps Plus
Lowe’s
Marshalls
Mattress Firm
Menards
Micro Center
Music & Arts
Neiman Marcus
Nordstrom
Nordstrom Rack
Office Depot and OfficeMax
Outdoor Research
The Original Mattress Factory
P.C. Richard & Son
Patagonia
Pep Boys
Petco
PetSmart
Pier 1 Imports
Publix
Raymour & Flanigan Furniture | Mattresses
REI
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sam’s Club
Shoe Carnival
Sierra Trading Post
Sportsman’s Warehouse
Sprint (some mall retail stores and kiosks may open on Thanksgiving)
Staples
Stein Mart
Sur La Table
The Container Store
The Paper Store
TJ Maxx
Tractor Supply Co.
Trader Joe’s
Trollbeads
Von Maur
West Marine
World Market
Also closed
Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping and entertainment complex, announced on Nov. 1 that for the third year in a row it would remain closed Thanksgiving. The mall will kick off Black Friday at 5 a.m.
Kelly Tyko is a consumer columnist and retail reporter for Treasure Coast Newspapers and TCPalm.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Read her Bargainista tips at TCPalm.com/Bargainista, follow her on Twitter @KellyTyko and email her at kelly.tyko@tcpalm.com. Sign up for her weekly newsletter at www.tcpalm.com/newsletters.