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" Nearly every store that you rely on for your holiday gifts counts on temporary workers to drive the efficiency (and increased sales) that come with retailing&amp;#039;s strongest season. And, now, a story in today&amp;#039;s Wall Street Journal explains how online stores like Amazon, those with no brick-and-mortars, still keep up with Christmas demand by increasing their workforce. Turns out that, every year, a &amp;quot;swarm of seasonal employees take up temporary residence in this small desert city \u2014 home to one of Amazon&amp;#039;s warehouses \u2014 to help the online-retail giant fulfill its influx of holiday orders.&amp;quot; They live in RVs and they&amp;#039;re known, across the country (and on websites where they find these gigs) as &amp;quot;workampers,&amp;quot; which we think is some combination of &amp;quot;workers&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;campers&amp;quot; but it&amp;#039;s never really made clear. Still, there are thousands of them across three Amazon warehouses in America, and they help drive the 40 percent of profits that come from the company&amp;#039;s fourth quarter every year. In this modern digital age, there&amp;#039;s no more elves in the North Pole to speak of. Just hundreds of retirees in some Utah desert, all making sure your presents arrive on time. Thanks, workampers. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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