Seasonal hiring slows as retailers scale back plans
Retail employers are approaching the 2025 holiday season with unusual caution. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects that fewer than 500,000 retail jobs will be added in the final quarter of the year—the lowest holiday hiring total since 2009.
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