shopping season already? where did summer go? we are talking about retail sales here. eric, some of the biggest companies in america announcing plans to hire more seasonal employees this year as opposed to last.ç kohl s hiring 40,000 additional employees, up 5% from last year. macy s looking to bring in about 78,000 temporary workers all across the country, 4% increase. overall, the national retail federation estimates stores will add half a million extra workers to the payroll thisç holiday season if you are looking for one of those jobs, now is the time to apply. a lot of people don t think about looking for a holiday job until black friday or right after thanksgiving. by then it is too late. retailers are hiring now to get them in and trained so when it gets busy there are