(Reuters) – (This story has been corrected to change hiring plans for Bath & Body Works to 32,500 from 2,500 in the table)
U.S. retailers 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
Amazon.com 150,000
250,000
Target 100,000
100,000
Macy’s 41,000
38,000
Bath & Body N/A
Works 32,500 (US and
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)
