0 just how are businesses trying to get people into their stores thanksgiving evening? well, betty, they re opening, and they re opening earlier than they even did last year. even though just over half of americans say in this latest survey that, yes, they ll get out at some point this weekend and shop, more people than last year plan to stay home. reporter: despite the campers and they started last week, fewer americans plan to shop this weekend compared to last year. i don t shop on thanksgiving. i dedicate that to family. reporter: many large retailers plan to open on thanksgiving day. macy s, target, and sears, along with wal-mart, as early as 8:00 p.m. trying to get a jump on this yoer s shopping season. it s one week shorter this year. you re not going to get the intensity you have on black friday, so they actually might be diluting themselves more by creating this. reporter: in a new deloitte survey half say they ll shop on-line. only one in eight plan to hit the sto