Fourth launches new AI platform to power HotSchedules, MacromatiX and PeopleMatter

New AI platform to power HotSchedules, MacromatiX and PeopleMatter to optimize scheduling, inventory management and talent acquisition.

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Fourth launches iQ 2.2, enabling restaurant managers to prevent inventory shortfalls with the iQ App

Fourth iQ2.2 has been released with a range of updates that help restaurant managers avoid inventory shortfalls

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Fourth launches iQ 2.1, introducing new recommendations to the iQ App including AI-driven inventory alerts

Austin, TX – October 2025. Fourth launches iQ 2.1 with new AI-powered inventory and labor recommendations to help restaurant operators boost accuracy and profitability.

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Fourth finds 87 percent of US retailers name talent shortages as major 2023 challenge

New research from Fourth finds that 87% of retail leaders are worried about talent shortages in 2023 and almost all employees, (94%), are concerned about the consequences of labor shortages.

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Fourth expands employee-friendly earned wage access offering with tip pay out

Fourth expands employee-friendly Fuego earned wage access offering with tip pay out.

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Fourth announces the release of the iQ App to supercharge manager performance

Austin, TX – September 2025. Fourth is delighted to announce the general availability of Fourth iQ 2.0, the latest evolution of its widely used AI capability.

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Fourth announces the release of Fourth iQ, enabling restaurants to embrace AI to maximize profits at every location

Fourth announces the release of Fourth iQ, an AI driven capability to enable restaurant operators to increase profits and productivity

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Fourth announces the next generation of Fourth iQ including an AI-powered App for helping restaurant managers make great operational decisions

Fourth announces the next generation of Fourth iQ including an AI-powered App for helping restaurant managers make great operational decisions

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Fourth Announces Strategic Partnership with Pendella to Bring Individual Life Insurance Benefits to Restaurant and Retail Employees

The strategic partnership provides individual life insurance offerings to Fourth’s HR and payroll customers online in less than 15 minutes.

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Fourth and Automated Analytics launch AI powered recruiting for hourly employees

Fourth and Automated Analytics announce an exclusive partnership Automated Analytics to offer rapid recruitment via AI-powered programmatic bidding to US customers.

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Fourth adds AI forecasting to labor scheduling and inventory management solutions

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Fast-rising hospitality leaver rate piles pressure on recruitment and retention

More staff are leaving jobs in hospitality now than at any time since the start of the pandemic. The latest data from Fourth, the industry’s leading provider of inventory and workforce management solutions, shows that 8.3% of the workforce left the sector between August and September.

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