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[[File:Burberry - Store (51396234449).jpg|thumb|[[Burberry]] flagship boutique on [[Fifth Avenue]] in [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown]] [[Manhattan]]]]
[[File:HK Causeway Bay Lee Garden Hermes Shop.JPG|thumb|A [[Hermès]] boutique in [[Causeway Bay]], Hong Kong]]

A {{lang|fr|'''boutique'''}} ({{IPA|fr|butik|lang}}) is a retail shop that deals in [[high end]] fashionable clothing or accessories.<ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|boutique|access-date=October 16, 2021}}</ref> The word is [[French language|French]] for "shop", which derives ultimately from the [[Ancient Greek]] [[wikt:ἀποθήκη|ἀποθήκη]] (''apothēkē'') "storehouse".<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/boutique |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514123456/https://www.lexico.com/definition/boutique |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |title=boutique |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29poqh%2Fkh |title=ἀποθήκη |first1=Henry George |last1=Liddell |first2=Robert |last2=Scott |website=A Greek-English Lexicon |publisher=Perseus}}</ref>

Some multi-outlet businesses ([[Chain store]]s) can be referred to as ''boutiques'' if they target small, upscale [[niche market]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalingo.co/business/selling-clothes-opening-a-boutique-in-nigeria/|title=Starting a Boutique Business|publisher=Jalingo.co|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> Although some ''boutiques'' specialize in hand-made items and other unique products, others simply produce T-shirts, stickers, and other fashion accessories in [[artificial scarcity|artificially small]] runs and sell them at high prices.

==See also==
{{Wiktionary|boutique}}
* {{slink|Retail format|Concept store}}
* [[Boutique hotel]]
* [[Advertising agency#Creative agencies|Types of advertising agencies]]
* [[Retail#Types of retail outlets|Types of retail outlets]]

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