New Boutique Ready to Pop in Orland Park Shopping Center
Between them, business partners Nicole Cummens and Victoria Wisniewski have four small children, and Cummens likes to think of their business venture as their fifth.
Pomp & Chic Boutique “is our adopted child,” she said, and while it has existed only virtually since February, it is ready for a growth spurt.
The business is the winner of a contest sponsored by Orland Park-based Edwards Realty Co. that offered three months rent-free space in its Orland Park Crossing shopping center northeast of 143rd Street and LaGrange Road.
A pool of nearly 30 applicants was narrowed to four finalists, with Edwards recently announcing Pomp & Chic as the winner. The business is expected to open in the bricks-and-mortar space at the end of this month.
Edwards said its Pop Local program provides entrepreneurs the opportunity to test out their products or service in a traditional retail environment, and that it has been successfully used at its retail centers in Burr Ridge and in the St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights.
“Local small businesses like Pomp & Chic are the bread and butter of our community,” Ramzi Hassan, Edwards’ president, said in a news release. “We are pleased to give them a platform and shine a spotlight on them at Orland Park Crossing.”
