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"The other option, if you’re confident in your design skills, is to do it yourself. Companies like CORT … carry a range of pieces catering to different tastes, available for short-term rental."

"You’re on your own to furnish your off-campus housing. … Furniture rental could also cut down on moving expenses by eliminating the need for a moving truck."

"You can also find discount office furniture at CORT, a furniture rental company. It has a large inventory of clearance furniture—shelves, file cabinets, and desks for 40 percent to 70 percent off—that the federal government rented when it was conducting the 2010 census."

"CORT worked with the company to develop flexible solutions to meet their needs while delivering consistent service excellence."

"CORT … has just announced its Partner Referral Program for colleges and universities. Participating schools will generate new ancillary revenue streams from the millions of students living off campus attending these institutions today."

"CORT worked directly with students to develop package options, and CORT delivered and removed furnishings as needed. By outsourcing the burden of furniture asset management, facility managers were free to focus on other priorities and students had high-quality furnishings in place prior to their arrival on campus."

"CORT’s Global Furniture Network continues to expand, now spanning more than 60 countries as more businesses embrace furniture rental as a cost-containment strategy to support employee relocations on temporary assignments."

"…by all accounts, soldiers are pleased with the designs and finished products. Even outsiders find the results impressive."

"A Berkshire company … is finding a niche within the slumping housing industry. CORT rents furniture, often to businesses, and in May started a marketing program to help businesses that end up with houses they purchase from employees who are transferred from one city to another. "

"The housing downturn has left many businesses burdened with an excess inventory of residential properties that are expensive to market and maintain. CORT is leveraging its longstanding relationships with the staging community to bring the home staging program to our partners and help them sell homes faster."

"CORT announces the launch of its destination support services, extending its touring services in local markets across the nation to provide support to help employees and families, including international transferees, settle into new communities and focus on their work more quickly. New services are being introduced specifically for employees moving into the United States from another country. "