Walmart to Hire 50,000 Holiday Workers (WMT, TGT, KSS)

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) said earlier this week that it would hire 80,000 to 90,000 seasonal workers, which is less than the 92,000 the company hired last year. Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) had already announced that it would boost its hiring by 10% over last year, to a total of 52,700 this year.

Walmart’s announcement also did not indicate whether the number applied only to the U.S. or to its entire global network of stores. The company operates more than 4,000 U.S. stores with 1.4 million U.S. employees. It is the country’s largest private employer.

Walmart’s shares are down 0.2% at $74.58 this afternoon in a 52-week range of $50.03 to $75.24.

Paul Ausick