'Premature' Black Friday Spawns Online Petition Against Target
Thousands are signing an online petition protesting Target's plans to open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving to offer Black Friday sales.
The petition was reportedly created by a Target employee upset that the retail giant is opening on Thanksgiving and requiring employees to work instead of spending time with their families. Target stores will open their doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. As of Tuesday morning, there are more than 179,000 signatures on the petition. (Check out the petition here.) Target is joining other retailers, inlcuding Walmart, that are opening on Thanksgiving to get a jump on Black Friday holiday shoppers. A press release from Change.org reported that they have seen dozens of new petitions pop up about Black Friday hours. "Following a Sears announcement last week that the company would open store doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening, Change.org users…
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Julie Brown Patton
12:20 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
The National Retail Federation reported Nov. 15 that up to 147 million people will go shopping over Black Friday weekend, a slight decrease from 152 million last year. Nonetheless, the NRF expects holiday sales to increase 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion this year, according to the St. Louis Business Journal. more ›