(Reuters) -U.S. companies plan to hire thousands to boost staffing in their warehouses and distribution centers as they prepare for the crucial holiday shopping season.
Hiring of seasonal workers by U.S. retailers is set to drop to levels last seen in 2008, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, while holiday sales are estimated to grow at their slowest pace in five years.
Here is a list of companies that have announced hiring plans for this holiday season:
Retailers Hiring plans – Hiring plans –
2023 2022
JCPenney nearly 10,000 nearly 22,000
Dick’s 9,000
Sporting 8,600
Goods
United 100,000 100,000
Parcel
Service
Amazon.com 150,000
250,000
Target 100,000
100,000
Macy’s 41,000
38,000
Bath & Body 32,500 (US and N/A
Works Canada)
1-800-Flowe 8,000 8,000
rs.com
Kroger “Seeking to hire “Seeking to
thousands of hire thousands
associates” of associates”
(Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
