Target announces cut in seasonal workers; other retailers adding

Minnesota-based Target Corp. is trimming back on its seasonal hires for the holidays. KARE 11 reports that the retail giant will hire anywhere from 80,000 to 90,000 seasonal workers this year, down from 92,000 in 2011. Walmart and Kohl's on the other hand, are increasing their seasonal work forces.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Sep 21, 2012

Minnesota-based Target Corp. is tightening its belt for the holidays.

KARE 11 reports that the retail giant will hire anywhere from 80,000 to 90,000 seasonal workers this year, down from 92,000 in 2011. That means a cut in the temporary work force by as much as 10 percent.

Wisconsin-based Kohl's on the other hand, says it plans on increasing its seasonal work force by 10 percent over last year, providing close to 53,000 more jobs in its stores and distribution centers nationwide.

Walmart will also boost its seasonal work force by about 50,000 over last year, reports the Star Tribune. The Arkansas-based retailer is the nation's largest employee with more than 4,000 stores and approximately 1.4 million employees nationwide.

See the KARE 11 report on Target below.

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Minneapolis-based Target plans to hire 80,000 to 90,000 temporary employees nationwide for the Christmas shopping season, Fox Business reports. That is slightly fewer than last year, but Target notes 30 percent of the seasonal workers it hired last year stayed with the retailer permanently. Meanwhile, Wisconsin-based Kohl's plans to boost its temporary workforce by more than 10 percent from last year.

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About 10 agencies are reportedly vying to make a deal with Target Corp. to handle the Minnesota-based company's e-commerce business. The move may help Target with some of the challenges on the e-commerce front, like during the holiday season when the company experienced several website crashes.

Finance and Commerce reports a slate of store openings are scheduled this holiday season, bringing the metro's retail vacancy rate to the lowest its been since 2008.

But that's still 15,000 jobs that need to be filled during the holiday season. The Richfield-based electronics retailer plans to increase its regular workers' hours instead.

The Star Tribune reports retailers may play it conservative this year due to a slowing economy. Target, Best Buy and Select Comfort says they've started holiday hiring and will continue to do so through Thanksgiving.