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Working Holidays Part Of Season

By Ron Wood

Posted: December 18, 2011 at 5:46 a.m.

Anthony Reyes
 Kevin Mansell inspects and cleans the fire box of a wood stove in a Springdale home on Wednesday.

The holiday rush means different things to different people. Many are rushing to finish holiday shopping, decorating and cooking. But for caterers, chimney sweeps, wood haulers and Christmas light hangers ’tis the season to work long hours and make some cash.

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Kevin Mansell of Top Hat Services uses a large brush to sweep a chimney flue at a home in Springdale. Many service-oriented b... (By: Anthony Reyes)

At A Glance

Ringing The Registers

Holiday shoppers are spending more this year and that has led to retailers hiring more part-time, seasonal help, according to an analysis of November jobs data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an employment services company based in Chicago.

Retailers added 423,500 seasonal workers in November, the most since 2007 and a 27 percent increase from last year. The number of workers added in November was double the number added in 2008.

Black Friday retail sales, the day after Thanksgiving, were up 6.6 percent over last year, and foot traffic in stores was up 5.1 percent, according to ShopperTrak, a Chicago-based research firm.

Source: Staff Report

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