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A core workforce management solution for rota planning that simple and smart.
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- Forecasting See tomorrow today with predictive insights into your demand spikes.
- Labour Modelling Connect demand forecasts into precise, deployable staff rotas.
- Auto Scheduling Generate optimised, compliant, fair schedules in seconds — not hours.
- AI Insights Ask questions in natural language and get instant, AI-backed answers without BI backlogs.
- HR powered by ELMO Discover a connected HR and workforce platform with ELMO solutions.
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- Shift Planning Plan shifts using our digital scheduling software
- Mobile App - Employee Engagement Improve communication and create a transparent approach to scheduling for your workforce.
- Clocking In/Out Manage employee schedules and clock in and out for shifts
- Leave & Absence Management Request, approve, and track leave and absence for your workforce from one solution.
- Timesheet Tracking & Attendance Manage hours scheduled vs hours worked and automatically create timesheets to send to payroll
- Insights & Reporting Customisable reporting to track the workforce metrics that matter.
- Integrations Integrate our workforce management solutions and schedules into other tech seamlessly
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Industries
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- Retail Helping retailers spend 1:1 time with customers - not the rota.
- Hospitality Serving the hospitality industry with first-class rotas.
- Entertainment & Leisure Game-changing scheduling as engaging as your business.
- Healthcare Whether you're a private service or large trust, Rotageek is here to help.
- Care Homes Working with care and nursing homes to provide optimal rota solutions.
- Other Sectors Helping a host of workforces to meet fluctuating demand.
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- Moving to Rotageek Live your best scheduling life when you move to Rotageek.
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The retail workforce management insights hub
The key retail workforce trends, insights and takeaways for retail workforce management leaders
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Retail insight grounded in real frontline experience
Retail is changing fast — from workforce pressures and operational complexity to AI adoption and evolving customer expectations. Our insights hub brings together frontline research, retail trends and expert perspectives to help retail leaders navigate what comes next.
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Retail insights hub
Workforce management, operations and industry trends
Explore retail industry insights, reports and resources on communication, employee engagement and wellbeing, scheduling, store operations, customer experience, retail performance - and much more.
The retail industry is constantly changing. From rising labour costs and shifting consumer behaviour to the growth of online sales and increasing pressure on physical stores, retail businesses are operating in a more complex and demanding environment.
This retail insights hub brings together need-to-know data, research and expert content to help retail leaders evolve their workforce management, optimise operations and deliver better customer experiences.
Whether you're focused on retail scheduling, store performance, employee engagement or the role of AI and automation, explore insights designed to support real-world challenges across the UK retail sector.
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What works in retail
Expert industry insights from operators in the field.
Talking Shop 2026 Report
What 500 store staff told us about communication, digital & AI adoption, wellbeing and the reality on the shopfloor. Read the reportPeak without Panic
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Read moreFrom reactive to ready: what multi-peak means for retail workforce management
For decades, retail operations have been built around a relatively simple idea: peak comes at ...
Read moreFrontline first: Why retail’s most valuable asset is standing on the shop floor
Retail’s turning point: The frontline is the strategy. This year’s Retail Week Talking Shop 2026 ...
Read moreTalking Shop 2026 Report
What 500 store staff told us about communication, digital & AI adoption, wellbeing and the ... Read the reportRetail workforce management and frontline wellbeing: where leaders should focus
To understand what’s really happening in UK stores, we partnered with Retail Week on Talking Shop ...
Read moreAI in retail stores: the frontline insights WFM leaders can’t ignore
To understand what’s really happening in UK stores, we partnered with Retail Week on Talking Shop ...
Read moreRetail communication: 500 workers' take and what WFM leaders should do next
To understand what’s really happening in UK stores, we partnered with Retail Week on Talking Shop ...
Read moreWhat workforce planning leaders can change to get ahead of hidden risks
A senior panel discussion for operations and workforce leaders navigating volatility, scrutiny, ...
Watch the webinarReady for anything
The strategies retail and hospitality workforce management leaders are putting in place. Read the reportHow to improve customer experience in retail stores
There’s no doubt that the retail industry has been hit hard by the pandemic. With reduced footfall ...
Read moreThe Workforce Metrics That Actually Matter in Hospitality & Retail
There are two kinds of workforce metrics. The kind you report on because someone told you to. And ...
Read moreWhy Workforce Management Solutions Are the Secret for Success
If you think workforce management solutions sound about as exciting as watching paint dry, you’re ...
Read moreWhat is a Labour Management System (LMS)?
Ah, the workplace. Where schedules, tasks, and people often collide in chaos. Enter the Labour ...
Read moreNavigating the NIC Increase: What It Means for Hospitality and Retail
The National Insurance Contribution (NIC) increase announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget is a new ...
Read moreQuiet quitting – 3 causes and what to do about it
Employee engagement is at a low point at companies across the UK and abroad. The trend is being ...
Read moreTalent shortage problems? 3 ways to optimise your existing workforce
There’s no magic wand to make recruiting retail and hospitality talent easier at the moment.
Read moreWorkforce Management software and the small and mid-sized business – does it fit?
If you’re a small or mid-sized business, you’ve probably made the assumption that you don’t need ...
Read moreRetail rota best practices – your guide to shop staff scheduling
If you work in retail, you’ve probably noticed how much the sector has changed recently. Retailers ...
Read moreSmart scheduling is transforming retail rostering – improving staff loyalty and wellbeing in the process
In response to evolving consumer behaviour and employee expectations, retailers must find ways to ...
Read moreWhy nobody can find enough retail talent right now – and what to do about it
You’re not alone in struggling to fill your vacancies and master retail talent retention. When the ...
Read moreFree timesheet template – make your staff rota now
Planning your weekly or monthly employee shift schedule can be time-consuming. But the slowest and ...
Read moreCalculate your scheduling savings in seconds – try our ROI calculator
Simplicity and savings. Savings and simplicity. They might be the two most important things our ...
Read moreHow AI and app technology are transforming retail schedules
The retail sector is going through a period of major change, which is requiring businesses to deal ...
Read moreThe 4 'R' considerations to make when deploying new workforce management technology
There are several forces of change currently putting pressure on the retail sector. Since the ...
Read moreWhy it’s time to rethink retail scheduling
The pandemic has left an indelible mark on the retail sector. Restrictions caused by lockdowns ...
Read more5 errors you're making if you're scheduling on spreadsheets
For decades, retailers have been manually inputting their workers’ shifts into a spreadsheet and ...
Read moreHow to control your retail labour cost AND benefit your employees
Average labour costs typically experience year on year growth in most industries. This is due to a ...
Read more5 ways to improve in-store retail productivity within your workforce
Employee productivity is a must-measure key performance indicator (KPI) within any business. The ...
Read moreRotas, productivity and leadership with Jennifer Handley at LUSH Handmade Cosmetics
Read more5 operational challenges solved by retail employee scheduling software
Employee scheduling is a complex, time consuming task. An optimised rota must accommodate for ...
Read moreWhat is employee scheduling software?
In 2021, creating an employee rota no longer needs to be a manual task. Thanks to data-driven ...
Read moreIn Conversation with Oliver Banks - The Future of U.K. Retail
This week Rotageek talks to Oliver Banks, a leading retail consultant who specialises in delivering ...
Read moreTalking Shop 2026: insights from 500 frontline workers across the retail industry
Original Retail Week x Rotageek research into the reality of shopfloor life - revealing the gap between frontline experience and organisational decision-making, and how communication, technology and employee sentiment are shaping the modern retail business.
Retail performance is decided on the shop floor. But there’s often a gap - between the strategies set at head office and what actually happens in store, across day-to-day retail operations.
Across the retail environment, teams are being asked to do more with less while maintaining high standards of service, consistency and customer experience making that gap harder to manage.
Talking Shop 2026 draws on responses from 500 UK frontline retail workers to reveal the reality of shopfloor life and the gap between frontline experience and organisational decision-making, across communication, technology, and the drivers of engagement, retention and performance
For operations leaders, it offers a clearer view of how retail workforce management and the frontline experience are working in practice today, where they’re falling short, and what needs to change - helping leaders make more informed decisions, strengthen engagement, and improve store performance.
The Talking Shop 2026 Report
What 500 store staff told us about communication, digital & AI adoption, wellbeing and the reality on the shopfloor
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