Top Retail Startups in 2026

Hello. we’re everlane. we launched in 2011 with a question: why would you pay $70 for a t-shirt—that only cost $7 to make? we want the right choice to be as easy as putting on a great t-shirt. that’s why we partner with ethical factories all around the world. source only the finest materials—from our premium grade-a cashmere to our vegetable-tanned italian leather. and share the stories behind every product we make with our customer—down to the cost of shipping and materials. it’s a new way of doing things. we call it radical transparency. learn more about it at everlane.com/about.

Our mission is to inspire you to elevate your style by showing you how to wear the latest fashion trends every day. Millions of people around the world shop DailyLook to buy the best fashion at accessible prices, be inspired by how we style the latest fashion trends, and share their own personal style.

Americans have more debt than they do savings. We believe that debt shouldn’t hold people back in life, so we started Spinwheel to democratize intelligent debt solutions. Spinwheel provides the core infrastructure that popular apps and services can use to embed the payment, management, and application of loans. By increasing access, choice, and transparency, Spinwheel helps to alleviate the burdens of living with debt and improve outcomes for all borrowers. Spinwheel makes it easy to offer full-featured debt use cases in any app or service, starting with student loan debt. Read and write consumer debt API's and drop-in modules offer robust and comprehensive capabilities not available anywhere else. As the leader in embedded consumer debt tech, our customers launch in hours with our no-code drop-in modules and build custom solutions quickly with our modern APIs and developer tools.

Havi.co (हवि डॉट सी ओ) makes robotic toys and DIY kits that engage kids and grownups into creative Play. We design toys, own IP and make everything in India. Built to scale globally through D2C channel and school partnerships, we have already shipped to 10 counties. While our toys are being used by age 5 and age 85 with equal joy, engagement and learning opportunities, kids of age 7 to 14 use them the most. Our toys and kits are built around Havi Elements, a collection of beautiful, easy-to-use, intuitive, colorful, snap-fit, durable, and fun electronic blocks that can be used and reused to create hundreds of robotics and STEAM creations. Playing and creating with Havi elements helps learning fundamentals of STEAM, robotics and electronics. Kids learn problem solving, creativity, curiosity, and execution ability as they build and play with havi elements. Havi Elements are widely used at homes as DIY kits and at schools for Robotics and STEAM education. Know more on havi.co

Staples is the world’s largest office products company, 3rd largest internet retailer and a trusted source of office solutions, we’re a recognized name across more than 26 countries. By expanding our product assortment and making shopping and saving easier than ever, we’re helping customers make more happen every day. And it’s our mission to make more happen for associates, local communities and even the planet — through programs, policies and the values we live by. Staples has been making it easy for businesses for nearly 30 years with thousands of associates worldwide. Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. More information about Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) is available at staples.com/media.

MoodMe is an innovative B2B tech leader on a mission to revolutionize the way businesses engage and gain insights through AIaaS and enterprise agreements. By leveraging the power of Face AI technologies, we create experiences that are not just engaging but profoundly insightful, providing a window into the hearts and minds of the target audience. Our vision is to set the standard in empathetic engagement, where user-centric experiences boost customer satisfaction, foster loyalty, and drive outstanding performance across diverse industries. At our core, we are dedicated to uniting innovation and ethics to craft an AI landscape that is unbiased and empathetic, ultimately making a powerful positive impact on a global scale. And this is only the beginning!

About Clear Demand: Clear Demand is the leader in AI-driven price and promotion optimization for retailers. Our platform transforms pricing from a challenge to a competitive advantage, helping retailers make smarter, data-backed decisions across the entire pricing lifecycle. By integrating competitive intelligence, pricing rules, and demand modelling, we enable retailers to maximize profit, drive growth, and enhance customer loyalty — all while maintaining pricing compliance and brand integrity. With Clear Demand, retailers stay ahead of the market, automate complex pricing decisions, and unlock new opportunities for growth.

As retail's first omni-channel CRM, Endear empowers salespeople to do their best work over remote channels like email and text when face-to-face selling is slow or simply not an option.

Derived from the Latin word for bumblebee. Bees live in a hive and work together to make their world a better place. They're small, but their combined actions have a big impact on the world. We like that. That's why our mantra is bee better. We put this reminder inside each Bombas clothing item as a reminder that little improvements can add up to make a big difference, and that your purchase went towards directly helping someone in need. We set out to rethink a product that was an afterthought in the marketplace. Two years of research & development led to seven material improvements to the design, performance and comfort of the everyday sock. And we continue to innovate with each successive production run. Our #1 priority is your happiness. If your order somehow falls short of your expectations, reach out to our in-house Customer Happiness Team and we'll smooth things out. We're here for you.