Announcing the 2026 Modern Retail Top Workplaces

Announcement // June 23, 2026 Announcing the 2026 Modern Retail Top Workplaces By Modern Retail Awards Modern Retail Top Workplaces is an annual list of the best brands and retailers to work for.

This year’s honorees are setting the standard for workplace excellence, leading with purpose, investing in their people and building cultures that drive both employee success and business growth. Modern Retail’s Top Workplaces: Boll & Branch Boll & Branch is a purpose-driven, high-growth home brand that’s redefining luxury through transparency and integrity.

Carvana Carvana’s mission is to change how people buy and sell cars — driven by its passionate team. Smalls Smalls is a brand built for cats and the people who love them. Room & Board Room & Board is an employee-owned modern furniture retailer based in Minneapolis with more than 90% U. S. -made products. Little Spoon Little Spoon is America’s No.

1 DTC baby and kids’ food brand. Glossy’s Top Workplaces: e. l. f. Beauty e. l. f. Beauty’s mission is to make the best of beauty accessible to every eye, lip and face. Sephora Sephora is the world’s leading global prestige beauty retail brand.

PATTERN Beauty PATTERN Beauty is the leading brand created for curly, coily & tight-textured hair, redefining beauty standards with their award-winning products, tools & rituals. Centric Brands Centric Brands is a global lifestyle brand collective with expertise in design, sourcing, marketing and e-commerce.

Vytalogy Wellness Vytalogy is a modern wellness company on a mission to fuel a life of Ultimate Wellness for all. Digiday Top Agencies: Butler/Till Butler/Till is an independent, women-owned and women-led, employee-owned marketing agency built on a culture of collaboration, accountability and purpose.

Lighthouse Creative Lighthouse Creative is a creative agency focused on long-term relationships, steady growth and building a place where people want to work. EvolveMKD EvolveMKD is a female-owned PR and digital marketing agency founded in 2014 with a client-first approach.

Collective Measures Collective Measures is an employee-owned media and analytics agency operating with focus and long-term purpose. Horizon Media Horizon Media has a people-first culture, grounded in independence, inclusion, integrity and innovation.

Digiday Top Publishers: My Code My Code is a media and marketing company dedicated to reaching the fastest-growing audience segments: multicultural and multigenerational consumers. Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers is one of the five largest U. S. publishers and the only of the Big Five that remains a family-owned business. Understood.

org Understood. org is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the 70 million people in the U. S. with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Digiday Top Tech Providers: Hue Hue is a shoppable UGC engine that uses AI-powered video technology to drive sales and customer discovery.

Rakuten Viber Rakuten Viber is a global leader in secure communication, committed to building a world-class workplace that drives meaningful human connection. Taboola Taboola is empowering businesses to grow beyond search and social through its performance advertising platform.

Mobsta Mobsta is the leading geo-behavioral intelligence media partner, helping brands find moments that matter to them and to their audiences across digital spaces worldwide. Attain Attain is North America’s most comprehensive and trusted source for live purchase data.