It is part of Google's dive into a business known as cloud services — renting to other businesses access to its enormous data storage and computing power, accessible by the Internet.
But where there is no international competition (health-care services, rents), strong protection (food) and/or a high labour content (construction, hotels, restaurants), prices are much higher.The least market-oriented sector of the Swiss economy is agriculture.
In terms of the services, service departments with major direct economic benefit are management of water conservancy, environment and public facilities, public management and social organization, hotels and catering services, renting and leasing business services.
And there are those like Rent the Chicken and the couture-rental service Rent the Runway that follow a more traditional model in which a business owner buys goods and rents them out.
They still exist in China, India, and, lately, England, where an Essex-based service, Rent A Mourner, has been operating since 2013.
Then again, Amazon's movie service — rent, buy or stream for free as part of the $80-a-year 80-a-year 80-a-yearmature and delightful; Barnes & Noble's movie store is just starting uPrime
For those without the means (or generous parents) for such frocks, the online service Rent the Runway, which rents designer dresses for a period of four days for 10 to 15 percent of the retail price, has taken aim at high school girls attending prom, which Jennifer Fleiss, a founder of the company, called "the first magical Cinderella-evening moment".
Volkswagen sees the WE platform helping connect customers to its car-sharing service, rent one of these micro-mobility vehicles or even pay for parking.
Katz, meanwhile, co-founded the online rental and relocation service Rent Net, which was acquired for an undisclosed amount that Katz has called "a success for me.
