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Retail template

The one week that breaks every other template.

A 06:00 doorbuster open, every trained associate on the floor Friday, and a deliberately staggered Saturday so the team that opened at dawn is not closing at 22:00. Built to be edited — your hours are not our hours.

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The template

One week, at a glance.

Pattern
One-week holiday spike
Coverage
Mon-Sun, 06:00-22:00 (Fri all-hands)
Fits
12-20 staff, 1 store
People in the grid
25
Scheduled hours / week
479h
Positions
Sales associate, Cashier, Shift lead
Black Friday retail schedule — weekly shift grid, one row per staffing slot.
SlotMonTueWedThuFriSatSunShift
Associate AMSales associate09:30–16:00×209:30–16:00×209:30–16:00×209:30–16:00×2OffOffOff6.5h
Associate PMSales associate14:00–20:30×214:00–20:30×214:00–20:30×214:00–20:30×2OffOffOff6.5h
Associate DoorbusterSales associateOffOffOffOff06:00–14:00×4OffOff8h
Associate Friday PMSales associateOffOffOffOff13:30–22:00×4OffOff8.5h
Associate RecoverySales associateOffOffOffOffOff10:00–18:00×310:00–18:00×38h
Cashier DoorbusterCashierOffOffOffOff06:00–14:00×3OffOff8h
Cashier Friday PMCashierOffOffOffOff13:30–22:00×3OffOff8.5h
Cashier WeekCashier09:30–17:30×209:30–17:30×209:30–17:30×209:30–17:30×2Off09:30–17:30×209:30–17:30×28h
Shift lead AMShift lead06:00–14:0006:00–14:0006:00–14:0006:00–14:0006:00–14:0006:00–14:0006:00–14:008h
Shift lead PMShift lead13:30–22:0013:30–22:0013:30–22:0013:30–22:0013:30–22:0013:30–22:0013:30–22:008.5h

One row per staffing slot; ×N means that many people on that block. Times are local to the location. +1 marks a shift that ends the following calendar day.

Use this pattern when…

  • You extend trading hours for one week a year and your normal template cannot express it.
  • You bring in seasonal staff who need a defined, short shift rather than a full rota slot.
  • You want the overtime exposure visible before you commit, not after payroll runs.

What to watch out for

  • This week generates overtime by design. At 06:00-22:00 Friday coverage, anyone doing two long days plus a normal week crosses 40 hours — check the total per person before publishing, not after.
  • Predictive-scheduling jurisdictions do not suspend their notice rules for holidays. Post the whole week 14 days out, including the Saturday recovery shifts.
  • Seasonal hires need the till and the alarm code. Scheduling them without the skill tag produces a Friday where four people are on the floor and none can process a return.

From CSV to a live schedule

Three steps, no data entry.

The download is not a PDF you print and pin up. Its columns are the ones Weekwright's schedule importer reads, so the file you edit in Excel is the file you upload.

  1. 1

    Swap in your team

    Replace the placeholder names in the Employee column with your staff. Leave Day, Start, End, and Position alone — those are what the importer maps.

  2. 2

    Upload it

    Drag the file onto the schedule page. Every row is previewed with its detected columns before anything is created, so a bad cell is a warning, not a surprise.

  3. 3

    Tell the AI what changed

    “Maya is off Thursday, cover it”. The agent repairs the week against your real availability, skills, and compliance rules instead of you re-editing the grid.

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Common questions

Black Friday retail schedule FAQ.

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