Macy’s Inc. is looking for fewer seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday season than it brought on board last yr.
The retailer said it plans to rent for greater than 38,000 full- and part-time seasonal positions this upcoming holiday season at its Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury stores, in addition to its distribution centers. In 2022, Macy’s Inc. hired roughly 41,000 seasonal holiday positions.
Within the announcement Monday, Macy’s characterised this yr’s variety of seasonal positions as “consistent with open positions in 2022.”
But retailers could be expected to be hiring fewer people this yr for several reasons. First, they've modest expectations for sales during holiday 2023, seen starting from single-digit declines to single-digit gains, depending on the retailer. Second, labor costs are going...
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