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If there is an issue that usually stresses retail managers is the issue of managing employees’ schedules. According to Castillo-Salazar et al. (2016), this process is a problem that besets many retailers especially those who employ hourly employees. Retail shops provide customers with an ambient environment for making purchase decisions of the products offered by the retailers. In this, regard, Feets, a chain of retail athletic wear stores running 400 stores across the United States has to strive to create a positive customer’s perception about products available at stores. How employees are managed plays a significant role in creating a positive customer perception. It, therefore, becomes imperative for Feets to develop an employee’s schedule. Nevertheless, developing such a schedule is a complex task since it involves balancing the needs of the store with employee needs. Considering the number of the store that Feets run, the number of employees to include in the schedules would be huge…