RTO Policies For 33 Major Retail & Consumer Companies

ByHenry O'Loughlin
RTO Policies For Major Retail & Consumer Companies

RTO Policies For Major Retail & Consumer Companies

Last updated: April 22, 2026

We tracked the return-to-office policies of 33 Fortune 500 companies in the Retail & Consumer industry. Below you’ll find each company’s current policy, office day requirements, and when they first mandated employees return. We’re sharing 13 of them below as a preview — get the full dataset for all 33.

What counts as a return to office? (Definition)

Return to office: A “return to office” date is the day on which a company has announced it will expect employees to show up in-person after being temporarily allowed to work remotely.

How we define each workplace policy:

  • Office First: In-office processes lead the company’s operations. The company defaults to office-based interactions.
  • Remote First: Remote processes lead the company’s operations, with in-office processes coming second.
  • Fully Remote: The company does not have any physical office locations.
  • Hybrid: Employees work from home part of the time and in an office part of the time, or can choose between both.

Office visit expectations:

  • 1–5 days/week: The number of days per week employees are required in the office.
  • 50%: Employees are expected to spend half their time in the office.
  • 0 days/week: The company has publicly stated it does not require a set number of weekly office visits.
  • Unknown: The company has not publicly stated its office visit expectations.

Top 13 Fortune 500 Retail & Consumer Companies

  • Walmart (Fortune 500 #1)

    • Policy: Office First
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 10/31/2024
    • Days notice given: 183 days
    • HQ: Bentonville, Arkansas

  • Amazon (Fortune 500 #2)

    • Policy: Office First
    • Office days: 5 days/week
    • RTO start date: 1/2/2025
    • Days notice given: 108 days
    • HQ: Seattle, Washington

  • Alphabet (Fortune 500 #8)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 4/23/2025
    • HQ: Mountain View, California

  • Costco (Fortune 500 #11)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 1/2/2024
    • HQ: Issaquah, Washington

  • Home Depot (Fortune 500 #23)

    • Policy: Office First
    • Office days: 5 days/week
    • RTO start date: 4/6/2026
    • Days notice given: 68 days
    • HQ: Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Kroger (Fortune 500 #25)

    • Policy: Office First
    • Office days: 5 days/week
    • RTO start date: 1/2/2026
    • Days notice given: 42 days
    • HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Walgreens (Fortune 500 #28)

    • Policy: Not stated publicly
    • Office days: Not stated publicly
    • RTO start date: 10/12/2023
    • HQ: Deerfield, Illinois

  • Meta (Fortune 500 #30)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 9/5/2023
    • HQ: Menlo Park, California

  • Target (Fortune 500 #37)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 9/2/2025
    • Days notice given: 54 days
    • HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Lowe's (Fortune 500 #49)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 1/1/2022
    • HQ: Mooresville, North Carolina

  • TJX (Fortune 500 #80)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: Not stated publicly
    • RTO start date: 11/1/2021
    • HQ: Framingham, Massachusetts

  • Nike (Fortune 500 #88)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 4 days/week
    • RTO start date: 1/1/2024
    • HQ: Beaverton, Oregon

  • Best Buy (Fortune 500 #100)

    • Policy: Hybrid
    • Office days: 3 days/week
    • RTO start date: 4/18/2022
    • HQ: Richfield, Minnesota

📊 20 more companies in the full dataset

The list above is a preview. The complete Fortune 500 RTO database includes all 33 companies — with RTO start dates, notice periods, office day requirements, employee counts, and more.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the return-to-office policies of Fortune 500 Retail & Consumer companies?

We tracked 33 Fortune 500 Retail & Consumer companies and their RTO policies. See the list above for a preview of each company's policy, office day requirements, and RTO start date.

How many Fortune 500 Retail & Consumer companies have returned to office?

We tracked 33 Fortune 500 companies in the Retail & Consumer industry. For a full breakdown of which have returned and which remain remote, see our complete dataset.

Which Retail & Consumer companies require the most days in the office?

Office day requirements vary across Retail & Consumer companies — from 0 to 5 days per week. See the company list above for each company's current requirement, or download the full dataset for a sortable spreadsheet.

Methodology

This data is sourced from our Fortune 500 Return to Office Tracker, which monitors RTO announcements, policy changes, and office-day requirements across all Fortune 500 companies. Industry classifications follow Fortune 500 categorizations. Data is updated regularly as companies revise their policies — individual company pages reflect the most current information available.

For the complete dataset including all companies, RTO start dates, days notice given, employee counts, and more, see the full Fortune 500 RTO database →

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