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All I want for Christmas is a little help
Oct 4, 2018

All I want for Christmas is a little help

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Forecasts are predicting strong holiday sales this season, which means retailers, warehouses and other businesses are going to need more employees. But with a labor market this tight, we'll look at how companies are competing for seasonal workers. Then, more than a million children had their identities stolen last year, costing families $542 million. We'll look at what makes kids easy targets and what parents are doing about it. Plus, we'll take you to the world's biggest Elvis Presley festival. It isn't in Nashville or Graceland, but the seaside village of Porthcawl, Wales. 

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Tight labor market, strong holiday sales forecast might force retailers to pay higher wages

Oct 4, 2018
On Friday, we’ll get the latest jobs figures for the month of September. Economists are expecting a strong report, with unemployment expected to drop a bit from an already low rate. We’re also getting awfully close to the holiday hiring season, and sales are expected to be pretty strong, too. But with the unemployment rate […]

Forecasts are predicting strong holiday sales this season, which means retailers, warehouses and other businesses are going to need more employees. But with a labor market this tight, we’ll look at how companies are competing for seasonal workers. Then, more than a million children had their identities stolen last year, costing families $542 million. We’ll look at what makes kids easy targets and what parents are doing about it. Plus, we’ll take you to the world’s biggest Elvis Presley festival. It isn’t in Nashville or Graceland, but the seaside village of Porthcawl, Wales. 

Music from the episode

Chartreuse Capital Cities
Falafel Tom Misch
Everybody Loves The Sunshine Takuya Kuroda, José James