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  • Lincoln startup Boutique Window acquired by Retail Success

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Boutique Window, an online marketing and social media platform founded in 2012 in Lincoln, on Monday announced it had been acquired by Retail Success out of Overland Park, Kan.

  • Boutique Window launches app to help retailers market goods on-the-go

    The owner of a downtown Lincoln boutique shop, Duo Shoes, does not do websites. She is not an expert marketer. But, she is up on shoe, jewelry and other clothing trends. Nine months ago, she participated in a beta test for Boutique Window, a Lincoln-based startup that gives small businesses a better shot of showcasing…

  • Introducing the 13 most read Silicon Prairie News stories of 2013

    In the past we’ve written “top stories of the year” posts based on what our editorial team deemed the most important news of the year. This time we turn that tradition on its head and focused on the numbers. What follows is a look at our 13 most read stories over the last 12 months—chosen…

  • Boutique Window brings in $650k from Nebraska Global, Nelnet

    Two weeks ago, Ella Wirtz and Courtney Rodgers launched their marketing software following three months of private tests with around two-dozen stores. This week, nine months into their startup journey, the duo announced their latest milestone: Boutique Window closed a $650,000 Series A round. The new capital, which comes from software investment firm Nebraska Global,…

  • Boutique Window launches its online marketing tool for small retailers

    After three months in private beta, Lincoln, Neb., startup Boutique Window on Friday began letting any small retailer sign up for its online marketing tool. The startup’s software, which costs users $40-$60 per month, aims to make it easy for brick-and-mortar stores, such as clothing boutiques, to showcase their merchandise online in order to boost…

  • Ladies Who Launch connects female entrepreneurs in Lincoln

    When Jill Thayer Liliedahl, founder of the frozen treat company Pop Art, and Amber Pankonin, creator of the health-oriented recipe app StirList, met on the Lincoln, Neb. startup scene, the pair began noticing a missing demographic at the events they were attending. Both women were startled by the lack of female entrepreneurs. “We would show…

  • With new platform, Lincoln duo aims to boost boutiques’ in-store sales

    Sarah Gauger knows that if the resale and consignment shop her mother started in the late ’70s is to survive, she needs to attract a new generation of customers. So she and her mother and sister rebranded the Lincoln store two years ago, changing the name from One More Time to omt! She also started…