Michael J. Fox said it best: “Family is not an important thing. It 's everything.” Family time isn’t something to take for granted and it is definitely worth a fight. The early opening of stores for Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving day is a problem because it’s destroying the meaning of Thanksgiving by; taking employees and shoppers away from family and the holiday meals. Many workers can’t celebrate Thanksgiving the way it was intended to be. Black Friday isn’t just becoming a nationwide holiday, but it’s taking over Thanksgiving too.The Huffington Post reported that sixteen percent of employees will work on Thanksgiving, and 20 percent of households making less than 80,000 dollars a year say that one or more of their family members will
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Between 2007 and 2015 major retailers have gradually began opening their doors for Black Friday deals earlier and earlier on Thanksgiving day, as well as more stores have gradually hopped on the Thanksgiving day deals bandwagon (Berman). This issue is relatively new and therefore we can stop it before it gets worse. More stores are starting to open on Thanksgiving, and those that have been opening on Thanksgiving are beginning to to open earlier, since it has been gradual, there is still hope to reverse these actions. Many americans hate the fact that stores are open and yet they don’t act upon those feelings. Most customers just shop because stores are open and they feel like they won’t get the deals they need or want. There are, however those who hate the fact stores are open on Thanksgiving and therefore don 't shop on Thanksgiving, but unfortunately there aren 't enough of these people out there, so this problem exists today. A survey from Accenture says that 45% of consumers plan on shopping on Thanksgiving Day or evening, nearly half of which will go to stores between 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and 5 a.m. on Black Friday, yet a much larger percentage of Americans aren’t fans of stores opening on Thanksgiving day. Roughly six in ten Americans say they “hate” or “dislike” the fact that stores open on Thanksgiving, according to a recent RichRelevance consumer poll (Tuttle). That 60 percent that say that they “dislike” or “ hate” that stores are open, shouldn’t shop on Thanksgiving. If they continue to shop nothing will be done because a business’ goal is to make profit and if they can, they will. This is the first step to solve this problem, because it something that each individual can do. Many retailers are not following the leader, as they choose to remain closed on
Between 2007 and 2015 major retailers have gradually began opening their doors for Black Friday deals earlier and earlier on Thanksgiving day, as well as more stores have gradually hopped on the Thanksgiving day deals bandwagon (Berman). This issue is relatively new and therefore we can stop it before it gets worse. More stores are starting to open on Thanksgiving, and those that have been opening on Thanksgiving are beginning to to open earlier, since it has been gradual, there is still hope to reverse these actions. Many americans hate the fact that stores are open and yet they don’t act upon those feelings. Most customers just shop because stores are open and they feel like they won’t get the deals they need or want. There are, however those who hate the fact stores are open on Thanksgiving and therefore don 't shop on Thanksgiving, but unfortunately there aren 't enough of these people out there, so this problem exists today. A survey from Accenture says that 45% of consumers plan on shopping on Thanksgiving Day or evening, nearly half of which will go to stores between 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and 5 a.m. on Black Friday, yet a much larger percentage of Americans aren’t fans of stores opening on Thanksgiving day. Roughly six in ten Americans say they “hate” or “dislike” the fact that stores open on Thanksgiving, according to a recent RichRelevance consumer poll (Tuttle). That 60 percent that say that they “dislike” or “ hate” that stores are open, shouldn’t shop on Thanksgiving. If they continue to shop nothing will be done because a business’ goal is to make profit and if they can, they will. This is the first step to solve this problem, because it something that each individual can do. Many retailers are not following the leader, as they choose to remain closed on