Rental/Sharing

RentalCars.Com Corporate Office

Rentalcars.com was initially founded as TravelJigSaw by Greg and Nicola Willis in 2004. This couple from England realized that online travel booking was the wave of the future.

Booking.com, which belongs to the Priceline Group, acquired the company in 2010 and changed its name to RentalCars.com.

The platform compares rental car prices from most major companies, such as Hertz, National, Avis, Alamo, and Dollar Rent a Car. The company states that reservations can be canceled up to 48 hours without penalty and that they will price match if you should find a lower price elsewhere.

The car rental comparison platform market is expected to record massive growth in the next 5 years.

RentalCars.Com maintains a corporate office in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Swimply Corporate Office

Bunim Laskin noticed that his neighbor’s pool was rarely used. He offered to pay for part of the upkeep and maintenance in exchange for using the pool when it wasn’t occupied.

This led Laskin to wonder how many other people would be interested in the same sort of exchange. Swimply was founded in 2018.

Swimply is an online marketplace where people who own pools can rent them by the hour, day, week, month, or longer.

Communication, selection of amenities, and payment are all handled through the Swimply platform. Hosts in the United States are covered by a $1,000,000 insurance policy.

Laskin appeared on the TV show Shark Tank in 2020 to pitch his idea for investment opportunities.

While Swimply experienced difficulties during the Covid pandemic, revenue increased more than 4,000 percent in 2021.

During heatwaves and hot summer vacations, renting a stranger’s pool seems like a good idea to many.

One client has earned $177,000 in the past two years renting out his pool on Swimply.

The city of Palm Springs, California, isn’t too keen on Swimply, since the city has banned people in the city from listing their pools on the app.

Swimply maintains a corporate office in Far Rockway, New York.

The RealReal Corporate Office

The RealReal was founded in 2011 by e-commerce entrepreneur Julie Wainwright.

The company offers used luxury clothing, jewelry, home decor, art, and accessories on consignment. The RealReal employs an in-house staff of experts including horologists, jewelry experts, art curators and luxury fashion authenticators who inspect items for authenticity and value.

The company has established that the first Monday in October as “National Consignment Day.” In 2020, The RealReal announced a sustainability contract with fashion icon Gucci.

In June 2019, The RealReal went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: REAL.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, The RealReal continues to open new locations, including one in Palo Alto, California, in November 2020.

In December 2020, founder and CEO Julie Wainwright sold 135,000 shares, netting $2 million.

The former Attorney General of Louisiana and now a member of the law firm KSF announced in December 2020 that they were investigating The RealReal for the possible sale of counterfeit items.

The RealReal earned an estimated $300 million in revenue in 2019. In 2022, company revenues increased by more than 55 percent.

The company maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California

Rent the Runway Corporate Office

Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss met at Harvard Business School. While discussing ideas for a new business, Rent the Runway was the one idea that appealed to both women.

The company provides designer clothing and accessories for rent. Initially strictly an online service, the company has since opened 5 brick and mortar locations in Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.

The company also rents children’s clothing, accessories, including jewelry and handbags, and sells “essentials,” including lingerie, tights, shapewear, and cosmetics.

Rent the Runway also has the world’s largest dry-cleaning plant, which processes 2,000 clothing items every hour.

Due to the coronavirus crisis, Rent the Runway decided to close all of their brick and mortar locations and return to an e-Commerce business for the foreseeable future as of mid-August 2020.

The company still maintains its corporate office in New York, New York.

Skip Scooters Corporate Office

Founded in 2017, Skip is the latest electric scooter company to enter the market. Skip stands out from the competition by offering an online safety class, as well as free helmets that can be ordered online.

Shalin Mantri, formerly of Uber, designed the scooters, which come with rear-facing cameras, a retractable lock, and a battery that can be swapped out, so there is no downtime for charging. Renters do not have access to the camera, it is designed to keep records so Skip can monitor parking compliance and learn about rider behavior.

CEO Sanjay Dastoor hopes the retractable lock will help stop the theft of scooters, which has been a problem for other companies. The company has also made their scooter a bit sturdier in hopes that they last longer since some scooter companies have reported that, with frequent use, scooters have worn out within 2 months.

Skip is currently the only scooter company that hasn’t been hit with a cease and desist order, according to CEO Sanjay Dastoor. The scooters are currently being used in San Francisco and Washington, D. C.

Originally called Waybots, Skip executives worked with city officials, rather than dumping scooters on city streets than asking for forgiveness. By learning from the mistakes of other scooter companies, such as Bird and Lime, Skip hopes to take over the scooter market.

The corporate office for Skip is located in San Francisco, California.