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Macy's set to hire 80,000 holiday workers
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: A post-Christmas shopper holds Macy's bags as other shoppers cross Seventh Avenue December 27, 2006 in New York City. Retailers are hoping that after-Christmas shoppers will help them regroup after a somewhat disappointing holiday shopping season thus far. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Macy's Inc. announced on Wednesday that they plan on hiring 80,000 temporary workers ahead of the holidays.
The company says 23,500 of those open positions will be based in fulfillment centers. This is a 31% increase in fulfillment center holiday workers compared to last year.
Last year, Macy's also hired 80,000 temporary employees, then opened 7,000 more positions in December.
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