Plan store staffing by expected customer footfall

Retailers plan store staffing according to expected customer footfall

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsPlanning assignments & processesRetail & e-commerce

Fits: HR · Leaders & strategy · Sales

There are enough people on the tills when it is busy, and in quiet hours there is time for shelf filling. Fewer long queues, less idle time, and staff scheduling follows figures instead of habit.

Is this for you?

  • Customer numbers in your stores vary greatly over the day and week, yet the rota looks the same every week.
  • Till data with receipts per hour is available for at least a few months.
  • You have rules on how many tills and how many people on the shop floor are needed per number of customers, or you want to set them.
First step today

Export the number of receipts per hour for the same weekday over six weeks in one store, mark promotion days and outages, and use the template below to have the staffing need per hour calculated. Put it next to the rota for those days.

How to go about it

  1. Set staffing rules and service limits
  2. Gather footfall data and available hours
  3. Generate a footfall forecast and staffing proposal
  4. Check the proposal with the store manager and team
  5. Publish the rota in good time
  6. Evaluate waiting times and idle time weekly

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EH-05 · Legal status 08.10.2026