Orland Park Boutique Aims to Help Other Women Grow Their Businesses Ahead of Grand Opening
Nicole Cummens, owner of the Pomp & Chic Boutique in suburban Orland Park, says that the shop was her “pandemic pivot,” but after a local real estate company offered to cover rent for a deserving applicant, it became something even more than that.
“I started it in the middle of the pandemic from my career that was well-established prior to the pandemic, but I was faced with a different set of problems when my kids never went back to school, so as a single mom I had to figure out how I was going to supplement my income, and make it happen,” she said.
Cummens partnered with one of her dearest friends and started the boutique in her basement, never dreaming that a brick-and-mortar store in Orland Park Crossing would be part of their business plan.
Then Edwards Realty came into the picture.
