The Target store I worked at a few years ago used to hire 100-150 people for the holidays.
Target has 1,700 stores.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-07/146000-jobs-added-november-beat-expectation-85000-unemployment-rate-lower-77
Kind of ugly, actually.
They admit 53K were retail jobs and the labor participation rate dropped again.