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The holiday season, which includes Black
Friday, Christmas and New Year shopping, marks the busiest time
for retailers and records the most sales during the year.
"It's critical we build the right team across our stores and
supply chain to deliver an exceptional holiday experience for
our guests during the busiest time of the year," Chief Human
Resources Officer Melissa Kremer said.
The seasonal hiring would include about 125,000 employees in
stores and 8,000 at its distribution and fulfillment centers in
the United States.
Big-box retailers have been investing more on their websites and
mobile apps as consumers prefer to shop online and have it
delivered to their doorstep or pick up in stores, rather than
wait in long lines at billing counters.
Target is the one of the first retailers to layout its hiring
plans for the holidays. The 8% rise in holiday hiring is much
lower than last year's 20% increase.
United Parcel Service Inc <UPS.N>, the world's biggest parcel
delivery firm, said on Monday it was planning to hire 100,000
holiday workers, the same number as last year, hinting at a
softening in the U.S. consumer economy.
Retail employment contracted for a seventh straight month in
August to hit the lowest level since January 2016. Department
store jobs, which have been hard hit by online competition, sunk
to the lowest point since the federal government started
tracking the data in 1990.
Target said it would pay workers $13 for an hour, a wage that it
has been paying employees since June. The company will also
invest $2 million in an employee rewards program for the
holidays.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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