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.

(source: renttherunway.com)

Retail Pulse: The RealReal Takes Omni Approach To New Store; Amazon Go Opens In NYC
Retail Pulse: The RealReal Takes Omni Approach To New Store; Amazon Go Opens In NYC
May 10, 2019  |  Retail

Online brands are exploring the world of physical retail with brick-and-mortar stores, and this week, fashion eTailers continued to expand their brick-and-mortar footprints in two...

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Rent The Runway Opens Massive Store In San Francisco
Rent The Runway Opens Massive Store In San Francisco
May 09, 2019  |  Retail

Rent the Runway has opened an 8,300 square-foot store in San Francisco. The store, located in the city’s Union Square neighborhood, is the subscription retailer’s largest...

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How Rent The Runway Hopes To Become The Amazon Prime Of Everything Rental
How Rent The Runway Hopes To Become The Amazon Prime Of Everything Rental
April 15, 2019  |  Retail

Children’s apparel is a big and growing market. As of 2018, according to Euromonitor research, the global children’s apparel industry is worth $203 billion — and...

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Rent The Runway Unveils Kids’ Clothing Offer
Rent The Runway Unveils Kids’ Clothing Offer
April 08, 2019  |  Retail

To expand its offerings into kids’ clothing, Rent the Runway plans to debut a children’s apparel collection on April 15. The clothing subscription company’s new...

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail
Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail
March 25, 2019  |  Retail

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have...

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Rent The Runway Valued At $1B After Funding Round
Rent The Runway Valued At $1B After Funding Round
March 22, 2019  |  Retail

In a round that brought in a $1 billion valuation for the company, clothing subscription service Rent the Runway notched $125 million in funding. Bain...

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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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