Fashion Rental Platform Pickle Announces $12M Series A Funding

RetailPlatforms
Written By Rick Watson

Pickle is a leading peer-to-peer rental marketplace that makes items from your community's closets available for rent on demand.

Peer-to-peer rental marketplace for fashion, Pickle, has raised $12 million in Series A funding to invest in product development, hiring talent, enhancing its on-demand service in LA and New York, and entering new markets such as Miami, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco. So Pickle claims that it wants to become the Airbnb for fashion amid Rent The Runway and other rental marketplace struggles. Why would a peer-to-peer solution work? Asking for a friend.

Pickle: Pickle Announces $12M Series A Funding to Revolutionize Fashion Rental

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
Previous

Shopify Optimization Platform Platter Secures $1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding Round
Next

New Water Capital Acquires Dutch Gold Honey and Related Businesses