brian in new york on a new tradition that not everybody is embracing. this is a typical black friday rush. it s the start of the busiest retail season of the year. now major retailers are opening on thanksgiving. shopping on thanksgiving is becoming a new tradition. retailers are listening to their customers and really just responding to demand. some major retailers open today. target, toys r us and best buy. wal-mart is open as it has been the last 25 years. first time ever, macy s is opening at 8:00 p.m. it says last year s midnight opening on black friday was such a success. the national retail federation says another reason stores are open thanksgiving is because the average american is expected to spend about $738 this holiday season. about 2% less than last year. shoppers are mixed about whether it s the right thing to do. people can wait 12 hours
customer, this violent guy push people aside and don t quite know what to do and then he just sort of saunters way. you feel helpless and you look and you see like there s two officers off to the side, that are just kind of like standing there, watching all this happen and there s nothing going on i m like, i thought they would be there to help, to make sure this stuff didn t happen. but they just kind of watch it happen and that is the thing that was frustrating and again, shopping on thanksgiving or black friday i don t shop because i ve worked for retail and see these things every year it s something but it was like i m going to go in and do a video and find out why people are here and then this happened. all right, brian spain, i got your name wrong at first, sorry, brian spain thank you for sharing this with us this morning, we appreciate it. no problem, thank you so much for having me. thanks, brian. we don t have walmart s side of the story, we don t know what went down
into thanksgiving instead of waiting for black friday. which store are opening today and why are they doing it? happy green thursday. that s what some are calling this thanksgiving day as more and more stores are opening on the holiday because they say it s what customers wants. but others say the trend ruins the holiday for the employees. macy s is opening at 8:00 p.m. and staying open until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night. target, best buy and jc penney also opening tonight. walmart is open as it has been for the last 25 years. shopping on thanksgiving is becoming a new tradition. and retailers are listening to their customers and responding to demand. reporter: the national retail federation he another reason stores are open on
holiday shopping. brian in new york on a new tradition that not everybody is embracing. this is a typical black friday rush. it s the start of the busiest retail season of the year. now major retailers are opening on thanksgiving. shopping on thanksgiving is becoming a new tradition. retailers are listening to their customers and really just responding to demand. some major retailers open today. target, toys r us and best buy. wal-mart is open as it has been the last 25 years. first time ever, macy s is opening at 8:00 p.m. it says last year s midnight opening on black friday was such a success. the national retail federation says another reason stores are open thanksgiving is because the average american is expected to spend about $738 this holiday season. about 2% less than last year. shoppers are mixed about whether it s the right thing to do. people can wait 12 hours
sa sa sacred holiday. dean, shopping on thanksgiving has become a tradition, fast. it used to be the day everything was closed and you had to hang out with your family. then people got a break from that. the national retail federation, 35 million people went shopping last year on thanksgiving day, up 58% from 2010. i mean, there is clearly demand to go shopping. there might be demand but doesn t make it right. there were employees complaining to the media in stores from california to new jersey across the country. tomorrow while everyone is sitting around having thanksgiving, joe, while you have your second desert that was an unnecessary blow. i m not taking a side. good line. but my point is this, tomorrow while we enjoy thanksgiving, 1 million americans will leave their thanksgiving celebration to go to work. it s a growing thing, this is newer. there are stores this year that have never been open before.