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Henri Bendel joins forces with online fashion company Rent the Runway for its first show room to open December 6th, 2013
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home to R1R2s 3irst showroom$ 45e welcome the Rent the Runway 3amily into our New (or) store,6 says 7es 5e8ner, current *9: o3 -enri .en/el$ 45e ho%e this will be a mutual bene3icial relationshi% an/ hel% Rent the Runway become a )now retailer outsi/e o3 the online in/ustry$6 ;lans 3or the show room reveal will inclu/e a <I; %arty with an e8clusive 0uest list, /iscounte/ /ress rentals, -ors /2oeuvres, coc)tails an/ s%eeches 3rom R1R 3oun/ers an/ -enri .en/el *9:$ 1he 0ran/ reveal %arty will be hel/ =ecember > th an/ the show room will be o%en to the %ublic the ne8t /ay$ 4?t -enri .en/el New (or) we li)e to create a lu8urious e8%erience 3or our customers@ the show room reveal will /o this an/ more,6 sai/ Aon ;ino%, mana0er at the New (or) location$ 45e have e8lusively invite/ our value/ customers, 3ashionistas o3 New (or) an/ the Rent the Runway 3amily to share this e8citin0 e8%erience an/ set the tone 3or this new business venture$6 -enri .en/el was 3oun/e/ in 1B8C an/ bou0ht by the 7imite/ .ran/s in 1B8>$ -enri .en/el has ste%%e/ away 3rom a%%arel an/ 3ocuses on the retail o3 u%scale 3ashion accessories, cosmetics, 3ra0rances, 0i3ts an/ 0ourmet 3oo/s$ Since -enri .en/el /oes not retail a%%arel, the show room 3or Rent the Runway brin0s that as%ect to the N(* store$ 4Rent the Runway a//s to the e8%erience customers 0et when wal)in0 into -enri .en/el in the city,6 says Aenni3er Fleiss, R1R 3oun/er$ 4:ur services inclu/e /ress rentals, %ersonal stylists, an/ a lu8urious e8%erience$6 D:R9 163 Varick St. 4th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States

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R1R was 3oun/e/ in 200B by two -arvar/ business 0ra/s an/ until now has been an online retailer that o33ers /esi0ner /ress rentals$ 1he com%any %lans to o%en more show rooms a3ter the -enri .en/el show room i3 it %roves to be a success$ 41his is new 0roun/s 3or us at -enri .en/el,6 sai/ ;ino%$ 45e will co!e8ist with R1R in our New (or) store an/ ho%e to increase our accessories sales numbers when customers come to rent /resses 3rom the show room$ 1his has been strate0ically %lanne/ to bene3it both com%anies$6 -enri .en/el has 2B locations total an/ is o%en to the %ossibility to inclu/e more R1R show rooms at other locations in the 3uture$ 1he ne8t location to mer0e with R1R woul/ li)ely be in 7as <e0as$ 45e are ho%in0 that we can continue to buil/ our online %resence but o33er a more %ersonable e8%erience with Rent the Runway throu0h the show room,6 sai/ Fleiss$ 45e have over 3 million members si0ne/ u% 3or Rent the Runway an/ ho%e to 0row more with a %resence in New (or)$6 EEE