Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Border, Midland and Western; West; West
Location of affected unit(s)
Galway
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other
47.9 - Retail trade not in stores, stalls or markets

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
23 April 2019
Employment effect (start)
23 April 2019
Foreseen end date
30 April 2022

Description

The American online clothing rental company, Rent The Runway, is hiring 150 people over the next three years. The new roles are primarily for engineers and tech developers. The company is setting its international base in Galway this summer. The company was set up in New York and employs 1,800 people there. The Galway base is to develop in-house software and provide support to its US operations. The company's expansion is supported by IDA Ireland.

The company, headquartered in New York, was established in 2009.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Rent The Runway, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 98190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98190.