Instead of door-busters on Black Friday and fierce shopping preparations in stores before Christmas, many retailers and shipping companies are starting staffing in anticipation of a flood of delivery online delivery and curbside pickup orders.
Walmart (WMT), Which has hired more than 500,000 workers in stores and its supply chain since March to meet growing demand in the epidemic, said on Wednesday it would hire more than 20,000 seasonal workers at e-commerce fulfillment centers across the country. Shopping Expected increase in online shopping. “Walmart has stores every year that bring in seasonal allies, according to a spokesman, but the last time Time Lamart had” a large number of seasonal associates “was in 2015, when Walmart added 60,000 holiday workers to the stores.
Other companies are also preparing for the rush of online shopping by adding delivery, warehouse and curbside pickup workers.
FedEx (FDX) Said it would take 70,000 workers, up 27% from last year, while UPS (UPS) Said it would take 100,000 seasonal workers, similar to last year’s holiday rent. Flower Delivery Retailer 1-800-flowers.com (FLWS) It will bring in 10,000 employees to deliver bouquets to customers, up 25% from last year, and the arts and crafts store, Michaels, will add 16,000 seasonal jobs. Which is 6% more than last year. Michaels (MIK) Said jobs will help the chain, in particular, strengthen its purchases in online, store offering furring.
The overall rental forecast for this holiday season remains “uncertain,” but “it is clear that the proportion of sales made online will reach record levels and could make a permanent difference in the future of holiday rental,” said Andy Challenger, senior outlance firm Challenger, Gray and The vice president of Christmas said in an email.
Shoppers have bought more goods online in recent months as they spend more time at home and limit their travel to stores. E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2020 rose 31% to 1 211.5 billion in the previous quarter, the Commerce Department said last month. U.S. in e-commerce in the last quarter. Retail sales accounted for 16.1%, up from 11.8% in the previous quarter.
Dellit Ite predicted last week that e-commerce sales would increase by 25% to 35% from November to January, compared to last year, to 196 196 billion.
“E-commerce is likely to be a big winner as consumers have shown a clear move towards online shopping rather than brick and mortar stores,” said Del O’Connor’s U.S. No economic forecaster Daniel Bachch said in a research report last week.
It is not yet clear whether this year’s holiday will match the pace of last year’s holiday, which has taken place in a growing economy.
“Traditional retailers are believed to be committed to renting targets for the holiday season, which raises unemployment, government stimulus and changes in consumer spending patterns.”
According to Challenger, retailers added 206,000 jobs to you last holiday season, up 12% from the previous year, while transport and warehousing added 255,000 jobs, up 1% from the previous year.
Like other big retailers Amazon (AMZN) And Target (T.G.T.) Holiday plans are yet to be announced.
Of Kohl (K.S.S.), Messi (like this) And Gap (GPS)Last year announced a combined 200,000 holiday rentals, which have yet to announce seasonal herring. All three have been stricken with epidemics and have announced job cuts. JCPenney (JCP), Which filed for bankruptcy in July, will keep 1,700 workers this year after hiring 37,000 last year, according to Challenger.
Many clothing stores and department stores are cutting back instead of renting.
There have been 349,000 jobs in the textile and apparel sector since March. Overall, the retail sector has lost 570,000 jobs since March, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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