One of the things I love about Buying product for customers, is that you get to see others taste in clothing through your own eyes. You have to get a level of understanding of what they are looking for.  You must look at a product and not think about your personal preferences – it’s about what the customer wants. They tell you by their £s or by their Clicks! I remember working early in my career, alongside a very experience Buyer. We worked on the Women’s Casual Jersey department of a large high street multiple.  In my first week, she...

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About Liven / Me!   Liven Boutique is a startup Online Womenswear Boutique, run by me – EJ!  I set up the business in June 2020, in the spare room of our house near Peterborough.  I am ably assisted by our 2 dogs (well, they tell me when a delivery comes!) Finding myself looking for the next step in my career as Lockdown hit, and after many years working in various buying and merchandising roles for many different types of retailers…I decided that it was about time I set up on my own and put my own stamp on Fashion...

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Whilst we grow our business, and receive reviews from our customers, we wanted to give you confidence to shop with us!  We are a real company, just new.  But we have worked in Fashion Retail & Buying for many years, so we are always on the look out for something stylish, fun and value. A friend who has ordered many items from us recently said " the quality of the fabric was great, and washes well", our comment was "well, we don't buy any old rubbish you know!"  Our pricing is very competitively set, as we want to offer the...

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And we are live! It has been a roller-coaster of a week - juggling deliveries, ordering stock, finalising the website design, figuring out what feeds what, and the links to Facebook, etc... so we have learnt a lot! Now, it’s time to really get the word out and get customers shopping! The current retail situation is going to be interesting, with high street stores opening up in the UK after lockdown, but does this mean the joy will have gone out of shopping? It’s such a social activity- meeting your friends and loved ones to peruse the high street... what...

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