Kmart shopper Stacy Deabler, center, checks out with cashier Alysha Kerns at the Highway 153 store. Kmart was open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. It reopened at 8 p.m.Apparently area shoppers can handle an extra day of holiday shopping.
Hixson Kmart store manager Jeff Howard said a line of customers stretched along the side of his building when doors opened at 6 a.m. Thursday.
“It’s been outstanding,” the 36-year company employee said.
The manager said that by midday sales where 70 percent higher than last year.
Early Thursday afternoon while the Houston Texans football team was beating the Detroit Lions, some local families were carving up their turkeys while others took to the mostly empty streets and parking lots to catch some early sales.