http://wkdq.com Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wkdq.com/is-targets-thanksgiving-night-opening-at-9-for-black-friday-unfair-to-employees/ http://wkdq.com/is-targets-thanksgiving-night-opening-at-9-for-black-friday-unfair-to-employees/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:00:32 +0000 Jon Prell http://wkdq.com/?p=118142 We all know about what retail employees typically refer to as the 'Thanksgiving Creep', the opening time for a store on 'Black Friday' that gets earlier every year. This year, target has announced that they will open at 9pm on Thanksgiving night to get a jump on the competition, and their employees are are not exactly filled with holiday cheer over the announcement.

]]> http://wkdq.com/is-targets-thanksgiving-night-opening-at-9-for-black-friday-unfair-to-employees/feed/ 0 Sandy Huffaker, Getty Images http://wkdq.com/retail-workers-fight-to-keep-stores-closed-on-thanksgiving/ http://wkdq.com/retail-workers-fight-to-keep-stores-closed-on-thanksgiving/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:27:32 +0000 Jon Prell http://wkdq.com/?p=23853 Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard all of the hubub about stores opening on Thanksgiving night to get a jump on the 'Black Friday' surge. Target, Best Buy, Macy's and Kohl's all plan to open at midnight on Thanksgiving to get their piece of the retail pie. The stores will make money and the customers will no doubt get great deals, but store workers are not happy and are fighting back.

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