Holiday hiring among US retailers to drop to lowest level since 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois: According to a report released by global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, U.S. retailers will hire the lowest number of seasonal workers for this holiday season since 2008 due to increased labor costs and shaky consumer confidence.
Retailers are expected to add just 410,000 seasonal jobs this season, just slightly above the 324,900 workers they added durin