Business
BY KAREN CHANEY
Customers will nd a variety of items at IshChicks to create tablescapes.
IshChicks o ers a variety of home decor and other items. The boutique was started in September of 2022.
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IshChicks o ers “decor-ish, gift-ish” items in Plano While working together in corporate jobs, Wendi Schlarb and Joann Chat eld often found them- selves traveling internationally together. Experi- ences they had shopping in other countries proved to be a springboard for a new career path.
Owners Wendi Schlarb and Joann Chat eld said they purchase merchandise based on their gut.
using “ish” in the name and when they found that the domain ish.com was taken, they named the business IshChicks. What’s special about it Schlarb said the boutique only carries merchan- dise that is colorful, unique and a ordable. Providing a creative outlet was also important to the business owners. They pondered ideas such as customizable paper goods but that idea was soon replaced with printed cork products. They o er placemats, coasters, trivets, acrylic tray inserts and serving accents made of printed cork. They carry a variety of stock designs and customers can submit designs to create customized items.
“We were in Germany when it rst crystallized for real,” Schlarb said. “We turned down a street and there were rows of boutiques. Every single one of them was bright and cheery. Nothing was ridiculously expensive.” Five years later, in September 2022, they opened IshChicks in Plano. What’s in a name? The duo said they wanted the boutique to be “home decor-ish” and “gift-ish”. They focused on
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