Dive Summary:

• Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced it will hire an additional 55,000 seasonal employees for the 2013 holiday season, an increase of 10% over 2012.
• In addition to the announcement of increasing the size of its seasonal workforce, Wal-Mart is planning to promote roughly 35,000 part-time associates to full-time positions and another 35,000 temporary workers to part-time.
• "Our associates have always been the key to Wal-Mart's success, and that's especially true during the holidays. We know our associates are going to deliver for our customers, so we are going to deliver for our associates," said Gisel Ruiz, EVP and CMO for Wal-Mart.

From the article:

Walmart rival Target recently announced it would hire fewer workers for the holiday season but would give them more hours than in the past. The company is hiring 70,000 seasonal workers this year compared to 88,000 in 2012. Seasonal hires will get five to 10 percent more working hours than they did last year.