KOHL'S TO HIRE 1,050 FOR NEW STORES (IN CALIFORNIA)

The Sacramento Business Journal ^ | 23 December 2003

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Kohl's Department Stores will hire more than a thousand new employees to staff seven stores it will open in Greater Sacramento and the Central Valley in March, the retailer said Monday. The wave of openings will be among the Menomonee Falls, Wisc.-based company's first in Northern California after a 28-store push into Southern California in Spring 2003. The local stores will be Folsom, Natomas, Elk Grove and Roseville; the others are planned in Stockton, Modesto and Turlock.

Kohl's said it will open a 24-hour job hotline to begin gathering information on applicants for the roughly 1,050 jobs at the seven stores. Available positions include cashiers and workers in individual departments, receiving, service desk, housekeeping, security and other fields. Kohl's offers medical benefits, merchandise discounts, a 401(k) investment plan and employee stock ownership programs. The job hotline phone number is 1-877-NEW-KOHLS, or 1-877-639-5645. Kohl's operates 542 retail stores in 36 states.

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I thought the economy was falling apart. Perhaps Willie Green, Arete and others will want to read this. And, in California, of all places!!!

[Moosilauke]

Willie Green is deeply saddened.

[Who dat?]

And, in California, of all places!!!

Hopefully they’ve done their homework. CA is perhaps the most anti-business place in the world.

I’ve heard persistent rumors that Costco is (was?) planning to pull out of CA entirely. Then again, I’ve heard a bunch of stuff that never panned out.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Willie Green is deeply saddened.

I'm sure he is. Radio news just announced e-tailers sales are up 25%. So, some are doing well. Also, California WAS an anti-business environment. With the change in the governorship and his bold moves, perhaps business is going to start returning to California. Something to watch.

[Daus]

Hopefully they’ve done their homework. CA is perhaps the most anti-business place in the world.

Kohl's has been operating in Cali for a couple years now, this is an expansion of it's business there.

[livius]

Kohl's is a very aggressive company that has started advertising in places where it doesn't even have stores yet (here in Florida, for example). I've gotten a ton of e-mail ads from them, on a list bought from where I do not know, because they expect to open stores in FL before too long.

Very strange. But it may work. Who knows, anything may work; in the US, it's all about creativity.

[KarlInOhio]

Willie Green is deeply saddened.

#$%&*%$#! I saw the headline and was going to type that.

[July 4th]

Kohl's is a very interesting company. They have swept into markets to overtake where others have failed, and they have also expanded with new stores on their own.

The idea behind the stores is that people want to feel like they're in a department store, but they would rather pay discounted prices. So Kohl's designed their stores to look like department stores, and they also carry some brands of good quality. But in between on their shelves, they've got discounted lines of clothing, as well as several lines that they produce themselves. Thus, the selection brings in a wide range of people that other stores don't get. Cross Target's clothing section with a piece of Marshall Field's and you get Kohl's.

[q_an_a]

I don't know if you can short a company that is going to take a few years to die, but they are closer to the end than to being the next great chain.

their same store sales are down and only stupid banks wanting the help of a senator would be loaning money for expansion in N. Calif.

[lelio]

I?ve heard persistent rumors that Costco is (was?) planning to pull out of CA entirely.

Costco floats that rumor every so often to try and get their worker's comp premiums down. The company pays nearly twice their national average per employee in CA worker's comp insurance.

I'm not sure if that's due to some anti-business CA state laws or if trial lawyers are winning more cases down there. Its probably a combination of both.

[cyncooper]

Kohl's is the best. Good merchandise and sales that will knock your socks off, with lots of incentives offered to their charge card customers. They'll do great.

[pogo101]

Isn't Kohl's owned by leftist, judge-filibustering Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl?

[cyncooper]

His family started the Kohl's food stores (now defunct) and the Kohl's department stores in Wisconsin. I used to live in Wisconsin and shopped at both. I do not believe Herb Kohl is affiliated with the department stores anymore. But even if he were, I would still shop there. I was thrilled when they finally opened two stores here in Tucson this past October. And one just happens to be right by me! In Milwaukee we had one in walking distance, which was convenient because we only had one car for a time.

[linn37]

I love Kohls,was there at midnight last night after work