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E-Commerce Driving Need for More Warehouse Workers

Posted On: Sep 05, 2018

September 5, 2018 | JOBS | Demand for warehouse workers is growing faster than the labor supply, and that could drive up costs for fulfillment center operations as digital commerce becomes a bigger force in retail sales. U.S. warehouses and distribution centers need an additional 452,000 workers in total this year and next, commercial real-estate brokerage CBRE Group Inc. writes in a new report, a steep acceleration from hiring in the sector in recent years. Finding those workers with unemployment at an 18-year low will be a challenge, and will likely draw workers away from other fields… The Wall Street Journal