
Grace Keen plays with her daughter, Kennedy, 4, all through Peachy Eager Boutique’s grand opening Saturday, Sept. 16. Keen said her boutique’s identify was partly inspired by Kennedy, who was a newborn when she started out providing objects on the web in 2019. She has considering the fact that opened destinations in Cape Girardeau and Dexter, Missouri.
CHRISTOPHER BORRO
Grace Keen had expended a long time functioning in boutiques. All-around 2019, she made the decision she wanted a improve of rate.
“I cherished the environment, I loved what I was executing, but I did not want to observe everyone else’s principles,” she said. “I desired to make the procedures.”
She begun an on the web retail outlet known as Peachy Eager Boutique on Oct. 1, 2019. Three yrs afterwards, she opened her to start with storefront in Dexter, Missouri.
Now Keen has expanded still yet again, opening her next Peachy Eager Boutique on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 426 Broadway in Cape Girardeau.
Her retailer sells women’s clothing, jewelry, footwear, accessories, perfumes, candles and reward merchandise.

Madison Reagan stores for denims Monday, Sept. 18, at Peachy Keen Boutique in Cape Girardeau. The newly-opened retailer sells a selection of women’s clothes, shoes, jewellery and other things.
CHRISTOPHER BORRO
“I love client assistance. I am a people-human being and I adore to converse and get to know people,” Eager said. “When you’ve got bought them in the fitting room and they are loving their new outfit and experience excellent, you are experience superior, much too.”
The operator of the preceding shop at the Cape Girardeau location had approached Keen about commencing a thing up. In just two weeks, Keen, her loved ones and mates were being equipped to beautify the storefront for their opening working day.
Considerably of the effort was mainly because of the contributions of Keen’s boutique manager, Anne Marie Schlegel, who Eager referred to as her “proper-hand woman.”
Schlegel embroiders shirts and customizes cups at Blackbird by Peachy Eager, Keen’s Cape Girardeau reward store at 1812 Carondolet. The recent approach is to, in the coming months, close that keep and transfer its companies into the new boutique.
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“I’ve always beloved crafting and artwork, so when we experienced that possibility at Blackbird, it was suitable up my alley,” Schlegel mentioned. “At the time we begun performing that, it was quick to give to shoppers, too.”
Consumers can carry in items for Schlegel to embroider or just styles they want her to use. Since the boutique is in a position to provide solutions with Southeast Missouri Condition University logos, she has handmade various shirts and other products with individuals patterns. A solid selection of the boutique’s clientele are university learners.
Schlegel claimed she likes doing work on clothes once again and acquiring a team at the new locale.
In addition to Schlegel, Eager has 5 other staff members.
“We are a girl gang,” Keen explained. “It’s a great time.”
The retailer opens at 10 a.m. and operates right up until 5 p.m. Mondays by way of Thursdays, until 6 p.m. Fridays and right up until 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Shoppers can shop stock from the Cape Girardeau and Dexter outlets on-line at www.shoppeachykeen.com. Eager stated they can purchase products for pickup or shipping and delivery.