

Through the power of analytics, we’re perpetually tweaking our model to make everything we do faster, smarter, easier, and nimbler.”

“With every click, delivery, and return, we gather an insane amount of data, informing every decision our company makes. “Rent the Runway is a fashion company with a technology soul,” says Fournier. Leading a growing team of 60, Camille Fournier is Rent the Runway’s chief technology officer.

Powered by a transformative business model, proprietary technology that supports one-of-a-kind shopping innovations, and a unique reverse logistics operation, Rent the Runway is challenging old systems and rewriting the retail rules. The company deploys its applications in a service-oriented architecture with Ruby as the front-end powered by Java services that interact with caches and databases. Rent the Runway is a Ruby/Java shop running more than 400 servers. The company is backed by some of the world’s top investors including: Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, American Express, Advance Publications, and Novel TMT Ventures. In 2014, Forbes recognized Rent the Runway as “tech’s next billion-dollar star.”
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Rent The Runway gives millions of women access to designer dresses and accessories, along with the expertise of professional stylists and the shared wisdom of like-minded, fashion-forward members. Launched in November 2009, Rent the Runway is the leader in global fashion rentals and is responsible for growing the rental culture into a significant part of today’s retail industry.
