Factbox: US companies unveil hiring plans ahead of holiday shopping season

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18/10/2023 16:49

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       Oct 18 (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                          
  DKS.N                         
                                
 United       100,000           100,000
 Parcel                         
 Service                        
  UPS.N                         
                                
 Amazon.com                     150,000
  AMZN.O      250,000           
                                
 Target                         100,000
  TGT.N       100,000           
                                
 Macy's                         41,000
  M.N         38,000            
                                
 Bath & Body  32,500 (US and    N/A
 Works        Canada)           
  BBWI.N                        
 1-800-Flowe  8,000             8,000
 rs.com                         
  FLWS.O                        
 Kroger       "Seeking to hire  "Seeking to
  KR.N        thousands of      hire thousands
              associates"       of associates"
 
 (Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj
Kalluvila)
 ((Savyata.Mishra@thomsonreuters.com;))