Holiday Bites: Top Five US Retailers by Biggest Holiday Hiring Plans 2020 Coresight Research December 22, 2020 Reasons to ReadOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. Click here to see more Holiday Bites as well as our in-depth research reports on US holiday retail. Click the image to read more about the topic. Against the backdrop of ongoing health risks, growing e-commerce trends and rampant retail bankruptcies, holiday hiring patterns this season underwent a radical transformation. On a comparable basis, Coresight Research had tracked a 19.8% year-over-year decline in total holiday hiring by retailers and allied sectors such as logistics companies that have announced hiring plans this year. Department stores drove the bulk of the decline, with Macy’s cutting seasonal hires to a little below 38,000 this year from 80,000 in 2019. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 42: Store Closures Exceed 1,000Innovator Profile: ShopVision—Paving the Way for Intelligent E-Commerce with an AI TeammateHoliday Bites—Prime Big Deal Days, Walmart Deals, Target Circle Week and Kohl’s Cyber Deals: Consumer Participation—Data GraphicUS Online Grocery Survey 2025: Full-Basket Orders Increase as Delivery Retains Its Dominance—Infographic
