Many stores opting to stay closed on Thanksgiving

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Nearly 40 stores are bucking the trend of recent years and keeping their doors closed to shoppers this Thanksgiving.
However most of the big box stores like Macy’s and Best Buy will still open Thanksgiving day.
“The big box stores are still planning to open on Thursday, in fact some of them are even planning on moving some of their black Friday specials even earlier,” said Jennifer Pope, a marketing professor at Grand Valley State University.