Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) announced that it will hire about 100,00 additional seasonal team members as it prepares for strong holiday demand. The hiring plan is consistent with the level of holiday hiring by the Minneapolis-based retailer in each of the last three years.

Richfield-based Best Buy and other retailers also are stretching the ever-important holiday retail season as long as possible. Both retailers have acknowledged they must work hard to entice consumers who are shopping more selectively. Spending during the holidays is projected to increase by the smallest increment in the past few years.

Target said on Monday that it would hire about 100,000 seasonal employees, in-line with what it had hired for the last three years, as the retailer gears up for its all-important holiday period.

The retailer's Deal of the Day program is also back, with new one-day-only deals available each day of Target Circle Week.

Target ($TGT) announced that it will hire around 100,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, consistent with the past three years. This