Kohl's Holiday Hiring Plans Reflect a Flattening Trend
September 19 2016 - 9:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Tess Stynes
Kohl's Corp. (KSS) said it plans to add more than 69,000
temporary workers for the coming holiday season, the latest sign
that seasonal hiring will be flat this year.
The department store chain said it began filling holiday
openings during August. The company said it is looking to complete
hiring of holiday workers for positions in its retail,
distribution, e-commerce and credit operations by mid-November.
Last week Challenger Gray & Christmas projected that retail
hiring for the fourth quarter of 2016 will be unchanged from
738,800 a year earlier. The firm's chief executive, John
Challenger, noted that in recent years the biggest growth in
holiday hiring has been in transportation and warehousing as the
result of increases in online shopping.
Retailers, logistics companies and package-delivery companies
have been expected to step up recruiting, starting hiring earlier
than usual and paying more for extra help needed during the peak
holiday season amid a relatively low U.S. unemployment rate and
rising wages for workers at the bottom of the income ladder.
Also last week, shipping giant United Parcel Service Inc. said
that it expected to bring about 95,000 holiday workers on board
this year, in line with year-earlier levels. Discount retailer
Target Corp. said it was looking to hire 70,000 seasonal employees
across its stores, but also plans to add 7,500 workers at its
distribution and fulfillment centers-up slightly from last
year.
Write to Tess Stynes at tess.stynes@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 19, 2016 09:14 ET (13:14 GMT)
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