Aug 26, 2013

Kelly Thornburg is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Be in Business AgainBy Les O’DellTheSouthern.com

Carbondale, IL – To say that Carbondale’s Kelly Thornburg is excited about owning her own retail boutique and gift shop would be an understatement. In fact, Thornburg is tickled pink to be in business for herself, and that’s the name of her two-year-old boutique and gift shop in Carbondale’s Murdale Shopping Center — Tickled Pink.

Just because the store is still relatively new, don’t assume that Thornburg is new to business; that’s not the case at all. The shop is the latest undertaking of a woman with a lot of experience in the retail world. Thornburg has worked in management as a buyer and a merchandiser. At a time in her life when many others are looking to slow down, she decided at 51 to start again with a one-of-a-kind store offering unique products.

“I knew what I wanted in a shop and the direction I wanted to go,” Thornburg explained. “I wanted to focus on women and how they shop — for themselves, for others and for one another — and that’s what I’ve done.”

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