NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — At Costco, the Black Friday deals won’t begin until, well, Friday.
The warehouse retail chain will again stay closed on Thanksgiving this year, bucking the trend of retailers opening their doors earlier and earlier.
“Our employees work especially hard during the holiday season and we simply believe that they deserve the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with their families,” a Costco spokesman told the website ThinkProgress.
“Nothing more complicated than that,” the spokesman added.
It said the same thing last year.
The company did not say when on Friday it would open the doors of its 468 locations, and the company didn’t return a message from CNNMoney. Most locations normally open at 10 a.m. on weekdays.
It is also closed on holidays like Christmas, Labor Day and Easter.
Many retailers opened their doors last year between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Macy’s will open at 6 p.m. on Friday this year.
Editor’s note: Nordstrom also told ThinkProgress they, too, would be closed on Thanksgiving. Same goes for Dillards,
“Macy’s has already announced it will open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for holiday shopping, and Walmart will be open all day, meaning that nearly 1 million of its employees will come to work on the holiday,” ThinkProgress reported.
