Mélanie Pieschke was working for the MRC Pontiac when she decided to take a leave of absence for a year and started selling clothes at the Sears store counter, realizing that she loved it and never looked back.
She opened her fashion boutique, Jolie Folie, in Shawville because she was passionate about building economic development in her community and wanted to give people a reason to shop local instead of venturing to the big city.
In this episode.....
👗 Mélanie dives into how she went from working at her municipal job, to working behind the counter at Sears, to eventually opening her own boutique
🤳🏼 We hear what Mél's marketing and advertising platforms looked like when she first opened and how they've shifted with the growth of social media
👡 Mél shares which fashion trends have come and gone over the years, and what styles continue to be staples in your closet
💰 We talk about business support and shuch local organizations contributed to the success of Jolie Folie in its infancy years
