GameStop does an about-face on Thanksgiving

It's only July, but GameStop has jumped into the ongoing debate about whether stores should be open on Thanksgiving Day.



After keeping its stores closed on Thanksgiving for the past three years, the retailer has told its employees that stores will be open for this year's holiday. The change was first reported by gaming website Kotaku.



“Many of our store associates and guests have asked for this," the company said in a statement released to Kotaku. “We have heard their requests and are making an adjustment to our previous position on this topic.”

Storefronts will be open for a "limited time" during the holiday, the company added.



GameStop's U.S. stores have closed on Thanksgiving Day since 2014, when the company told political blog Think Progress it would shutter them "out of respect" for employees and their families, the report said.