Lids seeks workers for Houston stores

Lids Sports Group plans to hire 50 workers in the Houston area for the holiday shopping season.

The Indianapolis-based sports apparel retailer plans to hire more than 3,500 seasonal, parttime and full-time workers nationally for the holidays. The company will hold a hiring event today from 4 to 7 p.m. to interview candidates and make offers.

Applications will be accepted online and in store. Lids, started in the early 1990s, has more than 1,000 stores nationwide selling officially licensed and branded baseball caps, jerseys and shirts for collegiate and professional sports teams.

Retailers plan to hire more than 4,500 seasonal workers in the Houston area for the holidays. Many are using hiring events to attract workers amid a tight job market and forecasts of a banner holiday shopping season.