Seasonal Planning with AskBiz

For most product businesses, a disproportionate share of annual revenue arrives in a concentrated window — Q4 for most retail, summer for outdoor/garden, January for fitness. Getting inventory, staffing, and marketing wrong in your peak period does not just cost you peak-season revenue — it affects the whole year. AskBiz gives you the historical data to plan with precision rather than guesswork.

Go to Analyse → Revenue → Year View. Select the previous year. This shows your revenue by week for the full year — you will immediately see your seasonal peaks and troughs. Look for: the week your peak begins (not just the top week — the run-up matters), how long the peak lasts, how sharp the post-peak drop is, and the quietest period (important for cash planning). Export this view as a CSV to use as your planning baseline.

Once you know last year's weekly revenue pattern, set this year's targets by applying your expected growth rate. If you grew 25% YoY on average, apply 25% uplift to each week's baseline. AskBiz lets you upload a target schedule (Settings → KPIs → Upload Target Schedule) — a CSV with week-by-week targets that appear on your dashboard as a target line throughout the year. This means you can track whether your peak season is tracking ahead of or behind plan in real time.

Use the Inventory → Demand Forecast view in AskBiz to see AI-generated stock requirement forecasts for the next 8 weeks. For peak season planning: extend the forecast horizon by manually uploading your week-by-week sales targets as demand signals. Cross-reference with your supplier lead times — if a product has a 6-week manufacturing lead time and Black Friday is 5 weeks away, you need to order now or accept a stockout. AskBiz surfaces products at stockout risk in the Inventory Alerts panel.