Dive Summary:
- Best Buy has announced it intends to be on the growing list of retailers planning to open their stores this year on the Thanksgiving holiday.
- The company will open the majority of its Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations at 6.p.m. on Thanksgiving night – a full two hours ahead of other major retailers, and earlier than Best Buy opened its stores on Thanksgiving in 2013
- Most Best Buy locations planning to open their doors to eager seasonal shoppers will remain open through 10 p.m. the next day, Black Friday.
Dive Summary:
The latest announcement from Best Buy indicates that the retailer is trying to accommodate eager seasonal shoppers before other major retailers Macy’s, Kohl’s and J.C. Penney does. Best Buy currently controls over 1,000 brick-and-mortar store locations throughout 47 U.S. states.
