Sep 16, 2015 2 min read

NEW YORK – The holidays are still months away, but retailers and shipping companies began announcing their hiring plans for the holiday season.

Many companies temporarily boost their workforces during the holiday to deal with an increase in shoppers at stores and online. Many like to tout that a sizable share of people who work in these jobs wind up staying on as permanent employees.

Here’s who’s announced hiring plans so far:

• Kohl’s Corp.: The retailer expects to hire more than 69,000 workers, up from 67,000 in the 2014 holiday season. Most will work at the company’s 1,200 stores around the country.

• Toys R Us: The toy seller plans to hire 40,000 people to work at stores and distribution centers around the country. That’s down from 45,000 last holiday season.

• FedEx Corp.: The company expects to hire more than 55,000 people to help ship and deliver packages.

• United Parcel Service Inc.: The Atlanta company plans to hire between 90,000 to 95,000 employees from November to January.