San Francisco-based 523 Capital announced last week that it completed the acquisition of its fifth party rental outlet on the East Coast within the last 12 months. Chantilly, Va.-based Event Rentals, which serves the metropolitan Washington area...

If you haven't stocked up on lighted tables and eco-friendly ware, get a move on. Here, rental operators share what's all the rage … COMPANY: M&M The Special Events Co., Carol Stream, Ill. Hot: Lighted bars, shaped plates and chargers in differ...

Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals solidified its market dominance last week with its announcement that it has acquired major party rental companies in Chicago and New York. Classic acquired McCook, Ill.-based Chicago Party Rental, ranked fi...

October's wildfires in Southern California scorched the landscape, stopped traffic and made local rental businesses scramble as they dealt with the fallout. BUSINESS AS USUAL? During the fires that seared roughly 500,000 acres in Southern Calif...

How do rental operators handle cranky customers, missing items and damaged goods? With quick thinking and a lot of grace. EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINER Lack of a tent liner turned one September outdoor wedding into a cause for quick thinking f...

With 26 outlets in nine states and revenue expected to hit $300 million this year, Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals has changed the face of event rental. But president and CEO John Campanelli doesn't want simply a big company — he wants th...

Fuel supplies have vanished; unemployment is at 80 percent and inflation has skyrocketed 7,500 percent in a year. This may sound like a cautionary disaster film set in the future, but instead it's the current state of Zimbabwe, a country of 13 mi...

Consolidation may be running through event rental, but that hasn't stopped the busniess from blooming. For the 22 companies that have been on our list since 2003, total volume has tripled in five years. This article appeared in the print and dig...