History of Hudson News

Hudson News is Hudson Group’s award winning flagship concept and has conventionally offered the most complete selection of reading materials, making it an industry leader. Hudson News stores feature 700-3,000 regional, national, and international magazine titles along with a broad selection of newspapers and books. A broad variety of snacks, bottled beverages, film, batteries, health and beauty aids, traveler convenience items, tobacco products, candy, souvenir apparel and regional gifts supplement the reading materials to totally serve the needs of travelers.

The lure of finding their favorite reading material draws clients into Hudson News and the broad product selection promotes manifold item purchases. In 2003 Airport Revenue News awarded the company with best news and gift operator for the fifth successive year.

Job Description and Average Wage

Sales Associate: A Sales Associate will give outstanding customer service and exploit sales by means of helping in the daily operation of the store. A Sales Associate follows all company policies, cash handling policies as well as special store loss prevention procedures. He/she corresponds effectively with customers, fellow workers and store management.

The hourly wage is $9 per hour.

Assistant Manager: This position helps the General Manager in executing the daily activities in support of the tactical planning initiatives to guarantee a productive and profitable operation, while helping to promote an overall corporate image of excellence throughout a tough work ethic, leadership by example, and the reliable delivery of outstanding customer service and store visual presentation all through the operation. An Assistant Manager helps the General Manager in maximizing sales and profits through meeting and surpassing sales budgets while minimizing shrink.

The average salary is from $11-$17 per hour.

Supervisor: This Supervisor supports the Operations Manager/ Assistant Manager and the General Manager to make sure that all store daily operating procedures are executed on a well-timed basis as required, while promoting a corporate image of excellence throughout a strong work ethic. This exploits sales throughout the development as well as supervision of sales associates.

The hourly salary is $10.

Bookstore Supervisor: In this position, you will supervise store inventory, insuring stock is sustained at suitable levels. This arranges store displays and sections insuring correct placement of all titles in order to exploit sales while sustaining visual merchandising standards. The position will help in staff hiring process, performing interviews as well as identifying potential booksellers.

The yearly salary for the successful candidate is  $39,000 to $41,000.

Accountant: The Accountant will arrange, check, or scrutinize accounting records, monetary statements, or other monetary reports to evaluate accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. This scrutinizes business operations, trends, costs, revenues, monetary commitments, and obligations, to project upcoming revenues and expenses or to offer advice. The Accountant offers internal and external auditing services for businesses or individuals.

The average salary for this position is around $38,000 to $70,000 a year.

How to apply

The company is always on the watch out for top quality people who want to be a part of a winning retail team. Below is a list of their current available positions.

http://www.hudsongroupusa.com/careers.php