Rent the Runway, Inc. (RTR)

Online rental of designer dresses and accessories

Rent the Runway was started by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss (Harvard Business School section-mates) in 2009. The company rents designer dresses, clothing, and accessories for women through its stores and online. It provides apparel, such as party dresses, gowns, jumpsuits and rompers, outer wear tops and bottoms, and jackets and coats; and jewelry, handbags, scarves, hats, and sunglasses. Rent the Runway, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York. It has stores in Chicago, Illinois; Washington, District Of Columbia; and Las Vegas, Nevada.