Apple Defies Trend, Refuses To Declare War On Thanksgiving

Another large company with some of the snazziest high-end retail stores in the US withdraws from the War on Thanksgiving:

On the heels of rumors that some Apple retail locations would open on Thanksgiving Day, joining a growing number of stores that are denying workers the ability to stay home with their families and celebrate, the Apple news site ifoAppleStore reports that CEO Tim Cook cancelled those plans.

The site notes, “Cook’s specific objection was that it’s important for Apple retail employees to be with their families on the holiday.”

Apple did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

Rather than waiting to open for the holiday shopping rush on the morning of Black Friday, more and more stores have decided to open on Thanksgiving Day this year, including Walmart, Toys R Us, Target, Best Buy, and Kmart. Kmart is the most aggressive, opening at 6 a.m. that day.

But other stores have decided to preserve the holiday for their employees. Nordstrom, Burlington Coat Factory, Patagonia, REI, American Girl, Costco, and Radio Shack will all stay closed. Radio Shack went so far as to say that it had opened on the holiday in the past but decided it was better for both customers and for workers to wait until Friday.

By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.