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“Opening up shop on Thanksgiving has become a damned if you do damned if you don’t situation for retailers,” writes Fox Business.

For many retailers, they have to ask themselves whether or not it’s actually beneficial for them to stay open this holiday season. If stores close, they could be missing out on potential revenue spike. But if they are open, they could potentially get backlash for making employees work on a holiday.

“It's a tough decision for retailers -- or at least they have to pretend it is -- but most of the biggest players will open their doors at some point on the actual Thanksgiving holiday,” reports Fox Business.

Some of the retailers who you can expect to be open this Thursday include Walmart, JCPenney, Target and Best Buy.

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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.

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