Retailers expected to ask staffers to handle holidays with little help Retail sales are starting to turn around for some merchants ahead of the holidays, but employment for the season isn’t expected to follow suit. In its annual holiday hiring forecast for the retail industry, Chicago-based Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. anticipates a slight increase in extra retail jobs for October, November and December from a year earlier, keeping seasonal employment in the sector near its lowest levels since the late 1980s. Central Ohio’s major retailers expect to be in line with the employment consulting firm’s projection. Tim Johnson, Big...
