Rent-The-Runway

Rent the Runway is an online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals. It was started by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss, who launched the company in November 2009.

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Rent The Runway, West Elm And The Oversharing Economy
Rent The Runway, West Elm And The Oversharing Economy
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Millennials, we’ve often been told, are a generation of renters, as opposed to buyers. Maybe it was all the early childhood focus on sharing that...

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Rent The Runway Takes Rental Business Model To Home Goods
Rent The Runway Takes Rental Business Model To Home Goods
March 07, 2019  |  Retail

To help customers rent home goods such as linens, throw pillows and blankets, Rent the Runway is teaming up with West Elm. Through the tie-up,...

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Rent The Runway Sets Up Drop Boxes Across U.S.
Rent The Runway Sets Up Drop Boxes Across U.S.
October 19, 2018  |  Retail

Rent the Runway announced that it is setting up drop boxes at 15 WeWork locations across the U.S. The drop boxes will be in six...

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Retail Pulse: Rent The Runway Opens San Francisco Store; Crate & Barrel Plans Restaurant
Retail Pulse: Rent The Runway Opens San Francisco Store; Crate & Barrel Plans Restaurant
September 21, 2018  |  Retail

To break into the brick-and-mortar world, some digitally native retailers have opened shops inside department stores. However, they are also turning to their own stand-alone...

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Rent The Runway Receives $200M Credit Facility
Rent The Runway Receives $200M Credit Facility
August 03, 2018  |  Retail

To help fuel its growing subscription business, refinance debt and widen its operations, Rent The Runway has linked up with Temasek for a credit facility...

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Alibaba Co-Founders Invest In Rent the Runway
Alibaba Co-Founders Invest In Rent the Runway
March 12, 2018  |  Investments

Blue Pool Capital, a financial company that’s main role is investing for Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, the co-founders of Alibaba, has invested $20 million...

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Walmart Experiments With Personal Shoppers
Walmart Experiments With Personal Shoppers
December 29, 2017  |  Retail

There are a lot of things people think when they think Walmart, but it is unlikely that the term “personal shopper” is jumping first to...

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How Subscriptions Are Changing What Consumers Buy (To Own)
How Subscriptions Are Changing What Consumers Buy (To Own)
October 27, 2017  |  Subscription Commerce

“Click to subscribe!” The rally cry of YouTube personalities has now been appropriated by, well, pretty much everybody. In fact, subscription commerce seems to be...

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Rent The Runway Bets On Subscription Shopping
Rent The Runway Bets On Subscription Shopping
October 16, 2017  |  Retail

Rent the Runway is test-driving an updated version of their fashion subscription program, which will give their customers access to a lower price point plan...

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