Staples to Close on Thanksgiving in Sign of Black Friday Retreat

Staples Inc., the largest U.S. office-supply chain, will be closed on Thanksgiving day this year, a sign retailers may be pulling back from the expanded holiday hours that the industry embraced in recent years.

After shutting stores for Thanksgiving, Staples will open at 6 a.m. the next day for Black Friday, the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season. That compares with a more aggressive schedule last year, when Staples locations were open for four hours on Thanksgiving evening.