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Retail Playbook

Retail businesses face unique staffing challenges—from fluctuating customer demand to multi-location coordination. These guides focus on employee scheduling, compliance, and workforce management tailored for retail stores and supermarket chains.

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PTO and Time-Off Management
Time Tracking and Attendance
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Time Tracking in Supermarkets: Why It’s Essential for Planning and Cost Control

If you don’t know who’s working when, you can’t reliably staff shifts or keep personnel costs under control.

Shift Scheduling Software: What Features Do Supermarkets Really Need?

In this article, we take a look at which features supermarkets really need — and which are just nice extras.

Working Hours Rules in Retail: Rest Periods and Scheduling

For retail managers, staying compliant isn’t just a legal obligation—it’s key to maintaining a healthy, motivated workforce.

Vacation Planning in Retail: Tips for Store Managers

In supermarkets or store chains with limited staffing, vacation planning can quickly become a real challenge.

Shift Swapping in Supermarkets: Rules and Digital Solutions

Without clear rules and digital support, shift swaps can quickly become chaotic, leading to conflicts, staffing gaps, or legal issues.

5 Common Mistakes in Retail Staff Scheduling

In this article, we highlight five typical mistakes and show how to avoid them.

Why Excel Falls Short for Retail Employee Scheduling

At first glance, Excel seems like a simple, low-cost solution. But a closer look reveals significant shortcomings.

Multi-Location Scheduling: Retail Tools Compared

Using three leading software solutions—Papershift, Gastromatic, and TeamUltim—we present a practical comparison of how multi-location scheduling can work in practice.

Employee Scheduling Software for Multi-Location Retail Businesses

While individual stores may function well independently, cross-location planning often introduces complex issues.

Best Shift Planning Software for Supermarkets: What to Look For

Supermarket owners and managers know: poorly planned shifts lead to overstaffing, understaffing, frustrated employees, and unnecessary overtime costs.

TeamUltim is a web app for small and medium-sized professional teams in retail, hospitality, catering, services and any other businesses where people work outside a computer desk. It is a helpful tool for business owners to manage team schedules, vacations and other team-related routines.

TeamUltim strives to be pragmatic and helpful for business owners and managers who deal with shift planning, vacation planning and reporting on the personnel side of a business.