WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - In a gift to night owls and millions of last-minute Christmas shoppers, department store chain Kohl's will open its doors at 6 a.m. December 19 and will remain open for 100 hours straight until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
'Customers can rely on us around the clock for their last-minute gift giving solutions, and we are providing 24-hour access to Kohl's stores right up to Christmas Eve,' said Michelle Gass, Kohl's chief customer officer, in a release.
Kohl's will likely be joined in extending hours by other retailers looking to make up for sluggish Black Friday Sales.
Analysts say customers may have noticed last year's heavy promotions during the week just before Christmas and shoppers are going to be putting off purchases until the eleventh hour.
Black Friday spending fell 11 percent from a year earlier to $50.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. The average person spent only $380.95, down from $407.02 a year ago, the retail group's survey showed.
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