Dec 25, 2023

A pulse check on holiday travel and holiday hiring

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While this holiday travel season is expected to be a busy one, holiday hiring doesn't appear to be as consumer spending.

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Unwrapping holiday travel

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

It’s beginning to look a lot like a busy holiday travel period, with packed planes and congested roads. But how are prices looking?

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How did seasonal hiring pan out?

by Mitchell Hartman

Dec 25, 2023

Holiday shopping was up — but seasonal hiring was cautious and often depended on the size of the business.

Holiday hiring in transportation and warehousing, mostly for e-commerce, fell about 20%.

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