{"id":21259,"date":"2021-02-01T09:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theboutiquehub.com\/?p=21259"},"modified":"2021-02-01T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:59:02","slug":"my-boutique-success-story-tin-wagon-boutique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theboutiquehub.com\/blog\/my-boutique-success-story-tin-wagon-boutique\/","title":{"rendered":"My Boutique Success Story: Tin Wagon Boutique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kaylee Phillips is the CEO of Tin Wagon Boutique<\/a>, located in Gillette, Wyoming. The main message behind her brand is equipping women with the style and the confidence to pursue their dreams. She recently renovated her storefront, and we won’t lie, it is stunning! Kaylee gave us some backstory on how she came to be a boutique owner and shared some vital advice for all aspiring small business owners. You will be inspired by Kaylee’s boutique success story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Give us some insight into who you are and why you decided to become a boutique owner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have always had an entrepreneurial heart. When I was in the third grade my parents enrolled me in dance lessons and from that moment until the time I graduated High School, I knew I was going to be a business owner. I was naturally good at dance, and I thought it would be so cool to create a career out of something I loved. So I took the idea of opening my own dance school and ran with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got a job at a boutique during my third year of college. I felt right at home in the retail space. After graduating college I had been recruited as an Assistant Manager at a chain boutique store. I got to learn the back end of running a business and leading a team and I could tell my passion had shifted from dance to retail!  I worked for that store for 2 years until my then-fiance and I decided we wanted to settle down closer to my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, I still was planning on opening my dance school, I think I was having a hard time not following through with my life plan, so I continued! I started my plan of opening the studio, but my gut and my heart were telling me that was not my path anymore. I missed retail and I knew my heart would not be fulfilled through dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told my family I had changed my mind and that I was going to open a boutique. That was 4.5 years ago and wow what a journey it has been! I couldn\u2019t imagine not being in the retail space, I am so thankful I listened to my gut and went after it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I couldn\u2019t imagine not being in the retail space, I am so thankful I listened to my gut and went after it!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Kaylee Phillips<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What are the must-have elements in your store?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The must-have elements for my store would be my handmade displays that my husband has built me. Over the years he has really begun to love doing it for me and he sees the value in creating a space that is original and \u201cloved\u201d if you will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n