Stitch Fix, Inc. (SFIX)

Online personal styling retailer, 1,575 stylists, all U.S. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending August 1, 2026, filed September 24, 2026. Ranked 87 of the 199 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 1,575 Stylists and 1,830 fulfillment center employees of 4,240, all in the United States, so the split is counted.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 21% now, 25% at the end of 2027, 27% at the end of 2028, 27% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 27% desk work, 19% people work and 54% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 73% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% becomes checking a model's work and 11% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

4,240 employees as of August 1, 2026 (stated). The filing states that the company currently operates only in the United States.

The filing: “As of August 1, 2026, we had approximately 4,240 full-time and part-time employees, including 1,575 Stylists and 1,830 fulfillment center employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 4,240 full-time and part-time employees: 1,575 Stylists and 1,830 fulfillment center employees; no union; U.S. operations only after the U.K. business closed in fiscal 2024; the headcount fell from 11,260 in 2021.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)24% now, 31% by 2028
• Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)23% now, 29% by 2028
• Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)24% now, 31% by 2028
• The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)24% now, 32% by 2028
• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, 43,200 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
• Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN, 31,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

23 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says the business pairs its Stylists with AI and recommendation algorithms, using AI and data science to match Stylists to clients, inform buying and inventory placement and set pricing.

• “We do this through our unique business model that pairs expert Stylists with artificial intelligence ("AI") and recommendation algorithms, to help people discover the styles they will love without having to spend hours browsing stores or sifting through endless choices online.”
• “OUR DATA SCIENCE AND AI ADVANTAGE Since our inception, Stitch Fix has been powered by data science, and we continue to enhance these capabilities.”
• “For example, we currently leverage AI and data science to match our Stylists to our clients and aid our Stylists in creating Fixes, help inform merchandise buying and inventory placement in our network, and optimize our approach to pricing and markdowns.”
• “Data science is integrated across almost every facet of our business, and we are increasingly leveraging AI tools to assist our Stylists and enhance the client experience.”
• “The AI capabilities we are integrating into our business help deliver personalized styling to our clients, and include tools that generate outfit recommendations, virtual try-on features, and algorithms that analyze client data and feedback to curate inventory selections for review by our Sylists.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20247median 4
• Fiscal 202511median 10
• Fiscal 202623

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The Stylists and fulfillment employees are counted; the remaining employees are read with the Stylists by description.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-063365, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.