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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.
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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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- 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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🎥 On-demand webinar
Peak without panic: Moving from reactive to proactive workforce planning in multi-peak retail.
How retail leaders can respond to unpredictable demand, close the gap between AI ambition and store reality, and build a more resilient workforce planning approach - all without overwhelming teams.
Duration: 60 minutes
Retail demand no longer follows one clear, predictable peak. Today’s stores are navigating constant pressure points driven by weather, local events, promotions, category shifts, and sudden changes in trading.
Talking Shop 2026, a joint report from Rotageek and Retail Week based on insights from 500 UK frontline retail workers, shows how rapidly changing demand patterns are reshaping store operations.
Yet many retailers are still relying on reactive ways of working. The research found that 71% of frontline workers say scheduling is reactive, creating cost pressure, inconsistent customer experience, and missed opportunities when demand spikes.
This webinar builds on that research, bringing together industry and operational perspectives to explore what these shifts mean in practice for retail workforce leaders.
Calling all retail leaders. Join Rotageek, Retail Week and TPP Retail for a practical discussion on how to move from reactive scheduling to more proactive workforce planning in today’s multi-peak retail environment.
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00:00 — Welcome & introductions
03:05 — What the session will explore: retail’s new “multi-peak” reality
04:35 — Jason, Rotageek: “Stores are doing far more than they used to”
06:43 — Ellis Hawthorne: “71% of shop floor workers say planning feels reactive”
08:48 — How frontline retail pressure has changed since pre-COVID
11:00 — Poll 1 – What’s driving unexpected demand in stores?
12:30 — Jason, Rotageek: “Weather adds an odd level of complexity to scheduling”
14:30 — Ellis Hawthorne: “Social media is enormously impactful”
16:00 — Why retail peak trading no longer happens in just a few key moments
18:30 — Jason, Rotageek: “You can send vacant shifts out to nearby teams”
21:00 — Cultural moments, viral trends & retail demand spikes
24:00 — Reactive vs proactive workforce planning
27:00 — Ellis Hawthorne: “The pressure on workers is immense”
32:00 — AI & intelligent scheduling in retail
33:30 — Jason, Rotageek: “People want things immediately”
36:00 — Why frontline involvement matters in technology adoption
40:00 — Ellis Hawthorne: “Nobody enjoys having decisions made from the top down”
47:30 — Jason, Rotageek: “Workforce management shouldn’t just be seen as cost control”
51:00 — Jason, Rotageek: “Assisted scheduling feels like a co-pilot”
53:00 — Final advice for retailers & key takeaways
Why catch up?
In this session, you’ll hear about:
- How retail demand is becoming more fragmented and less predictable
- What multi-peak retail means in practice for store operations
- Why traditional approaches to peak planning are no longer enough
- Where reactive workforce planning creates pressure on teams
- What more proactive workforce planning looks like in practice
- How technology and AI can support better decision-making when implemented effectively
Our speakers
Hear from retail and workforce leaders shaping the next phase of store operations. This session brings together voices from across retail research, operations and frontline experience.
Together, they explore what the latest frontline insight tells us, where gaps still exist, and what retailers can do now to build on their workforce planning approach in a more volatile trading environment.
Dave Abbott
Technical Director
TPP Retail
Dave is an innovative technology leader focused on retail, known for leading teams from strategy to execution. He champions a cloud-first approach to drive scalability and resilience, with a strong emphasis on security and reliability. Passionate about empowering people through technology, he delivers impactful solutions aligned with business and social responsibility.
Ellis Hawthorne
Journalist & Features Editor
Retail Week
Ellis is features editor at Retail Week, responsible for the features desk that produces our long reads, rankings and profile interviews with some of retail’s most influential leaders. Ellis also handles our annual flagship editorial content, including Retail Leader's 100 favourite stores, the retail staff pay index and the UK's fastest-growing retailers.
Rotageek
You'll leave with a clearer view of:
- How modern retail demand is evolving beyond traditional peak periods
- Why reactive scheduling creates operational pressure
- What better workforce planning looks like in practice
- How to move from reactive to more proactive decision-making
- How technology and AI can support workforce planning without adding complexity
Peak doesn’t have to feel challenging — if you can see it coming.
Catch up on a practical conversation on demand volatility, AI adoption, and workforce planning in modern retail.
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