Online Shopping Forecast Surge In Holiday Shipping

6:55 PM, Oct 23, 2012   |    comments
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Online shopping for holiday gifts will keep FedEx buys this season.

The company forecast it will ship a record 280 million packages.

And to meet that demand, FedEx expects to hire an additional 20,000 seasonal workers.

The international shipping conglomerate already employs 300,000 permanent workers worldwide.