High prices and costs may keep retailers from adding workers this holiday season. This, after 2025 saw the lowest holiday hiring in Q4 since 2008....
Seasonal hiring announcements remain limited. Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects Retail will add under 500,000 jobs in Q4 2025—the lowest seasonal gain since 2009. Transportation & Warehousing is also expected to trail recent years....
Published January 20, 2025 Retail seasonal hiring in December reached the highest level for that month in a decade, as late-season demand added 148,400 positions, according to an analysis by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., using non-seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). [caption...
Published December 18, 2024 2024 Seasonal Retail Hiring Update Seasonal employers are in the thick of the holiday season, and November is typically the month with the highest seasonal hiring. Though seasonal Retail numbers were revised up for October, November’s total is down 5% from the same...
Published November 11, 2024 2024 Seasonal Retail Hiring Update Despite seasonal hiring announcements from both Retail and Transportation companies reaching the highest levels since 2021, actual job additions in both sectors for October were at their lowest point since before the pandemic, according to an analysis by...
Published September 19, 2024 Job postings for seasonal employment at U.S. employers have begun to appear online and some companies have made large-scale seasonal announcements. Inflation is cooling, as are the labor market and consumer spending, but Retailers appear to be ramping up for a strong...
Published January 10, 2024 U.S. Retailers Staff Up in December for Solid Holiday U.S. Retailers added 119,700 jobs in December, marking a slight increase from the 102,400 jobs added in the same month of the previous year. This brings the total for the season to 564,200, an...
Published December 11, 2023 Retail remains cautious in November Retailers added virtually the same number of seasonal positions in November as they did in the same month last year, while Transportation and Warehousing companies have added the fewest seasonal positions in October and November since 2019, according...
Published November 9, 2023 Cautious and Optimistic Retailers Add 3% More Jobs Retailers approach October cautiously, but optimistically, adding 147,800 positions, a 3% increase from the 143,700 added in October 2022. Meanwhile, Transportation and Warehousing companies added 27% fewer workers in October than the same month last...
Published September 19, 2023 Holiday Season 2023 As the 2023 holiday season kicks off, the labor market is starting to cool and employers are hiring at a slower clip. As labor costs and interest rates rise, seasonal employers may rein in their typical hiring sprees, as both...
