GameStop Takes a Stand! Closes Stores on Thanksgiving Day to Allow Customers & Associates to Enjoy the Holiday with Family & ...
October 12 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GameStop to make Black Friday shopping easier
for customers by hosting weeklong events full of deals
Stores to open at 5 a.m. on Black Friday and
offer deals only available at GameStop
GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the
most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced today
that once again its U.S. stores will be closed for the Thanksgiving
holiday. GameStop’s Technology Brands: Spring Mobile, Simply Mac
and its Cricket Wireless stores, and the new ThinkGeek retail store
will also be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The decision is part of
the specialty retailer’s core values of ‘Protecting the Family’ and
doing the right thing to disrupt the emerging trend in the retail
industry of taking away holidays from customers and associates.
“We believe strongly that our customers and associates should
have the opportunity to spend the Thanksgiving holiday relaxing
with family and friends, and not worrying with the stress of where
to find the best shopping deals. We know this is in stark contrast
to what many other retailers are doing, but we are taking a stance
to protect family time during this important holiday,” said Mike
Buskey, executive vice president and president of U.S. Stores. “For
our customers who want to do a little shopping on Thanksgiving Day,
www.gamestop.com and www.thinkgeek.com will be open all day and
taking orders.”
This year GameStop will open all U.S. stores at 5 a.m. local
time on Black Friday. To accommodate its customers for being closed
on Thanksgiving Day, the video game retailer will be hosting events
before, during and after what has become a holiday shopping
tradition. GameStop will feature new and pre-owned video game
hardware, software and accessory exclusives, and collectible
products that can only be found at GameStop. According to Buskey,
“This year GameStop will be offering bigger and better Black Friday
deals than we have ever offered before. So enjoy Thanksgiving Day
with family and friends, and be sure to stop by one of our stores
before and on Black Friday to get some great offers!”
About GameStop Corp.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500
company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global,
multichannel video game, consumer electronics and wireless services
retailer. GameStop operates more than 6,800 stores across 14
countries. The company’s consumer product network also includes
www.gamestop.com; www.Kongregate.com, a leading browser-based game
site; Game Informer® magazine, the world’s leading print and
digital video game publication; and the recently acquired Geeknet,
Inc., parent company of ThinkGeek, www.thinkgeek.com, the
premier retailer for the global geek community featuring exclusive
and unique video game and pop culture products. In addition, our
Technology Brands segment includes Simply Mac and Spring Mobile
stores. Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com, operates 72 stores, selling
the full line of Apple products, including laptops, tablets, and
smartphones and offering Apple certified warranty and repair
services. Spring Mobile, http://springmobile.com, sells post-paid
AT&T services and wireless products through its 590 AT&T
branded stores and offers pre-paid wireless services, devices and
related accessories through its 69 Cricket branded stores in select
markets in the U.S.
General information about GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the
company’s corporate website. Follow @GameStop on Twitter and find
GameStop on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GameStop.
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