Retailers must prepare for a floodgate of consumers to shop over this 5-day Thanksgiving weekend. National Retail Federation estimates 164 million consumers are already planning to go shopping. Consumers will be shopping all weekend and retailers must be ready to meet demand. Many consumers will head out right after finishing holiday turkey and continue to shop through Cyber Monday. Data points from the survey include: 21% (34 million) expected to shop on Thanksgiving Day, 71% (116 million) expected to shop on Black Friday, 41% (67 million) expected to shop on Small Business Saturday, 20% (32 million) expected to shop on Sunday and 46% (75 million) expected to shop on Cyber Monday.

This a great time of the year for the shopping center industry with over 164 million people planning to go shopping over this 5-day Thanksgiving period. Please go out and support your local shopping center, strip centers, small business and local/regional merchants. Enjoy the experience of shopping at brick and mortar. We all have a lot to be thankful for, retail is alive and well and brick and mortar is as

Retailers must prepare for a floodgate of consumers to shop over this 5-day Thanksgiving weekend. National Retail Federation estimates 164 million consumers are already planning to go shopping.

Consumers will be shopping all weekend and retailers must be ready to meet demand. Many consumers will head out right after finishing holiday turkey and continue to shop through Cyber Monday.

Data points from the survey include: 21% (34 million) expected to shop on Thanksgiving Day, 71% (116 million) expected to shop on Black Friday, 41% (67 million) expected to shop on Small Business Saturday, 20% (32 million) expected to shop on Sunday and 46% (75 million) expected to shop on Cyber Monday.

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