WINNER : Alexis Barbeau Designs
Tahitian Lagoon earrings with 14K gold starfish posts with baroque Tahitian Heshi pearls, Paraiba tourmalines and sea grass textured caps for aquamarine cabochons.
$4,000
SIA MARAVELIAS: This organic statement earring will cause jaws to drop in its presence! The combination of watery blue-green gems and silver pearls will show your true passion for the sea.
ELIZABETH GIBSON: These earrings truly resemble treasures unearthed from the sea and are a glorious combination of ocean-hued gems and glimmering gold. They are treasures to behold in color, texture and shape.
MATTHEW ROSENHEIM: These earrings just conjure the exotic natural world. I see these and want to go to Tahiti. It evokes images in my head of far-off places I desire to visit.
2ND PLACE : Imperial Pearl
Natural color peacock 8-8.5 mm Tahitian cultured pearls suspended on 14K gold chain with diamonds (0.17 TCW)
$1,995
3RD PLACE : Leigh Maxwell
One-of-a-kind 15mm South Seas Pearl ring with pear-shaped rose-cut diamond accents, hand-fabricated in 18K yellow gold
$4,500
RETAILER’S CHOICE AWARD
IMPERIAL PEARL
$1,995
Natural color peacock 8-8.5 mm Tahitian cultured pearls suspended on 14K gold chain with diamonds (0.17 TCW),
Retiring? Let Wilkerson Do the Heavy Lifting
Retirement can be a great part of life. As Nanji Singadia puts it, “I want to retire and enjoy my life. I’m 78 now and I just want to take a break.” That said, Nanji decided that the best way to move ahead was to contact the experts at Wilkerson. He chose them because he knew that closing a store is a heavy lift.
To maximize sales and move on to the next, best chapter of his life, he called Wilkerson—but not before asking his industry friends for their opinion. He found that Wilkerson was the company most recommended and says their professionalism, experience and the homework they did before the launch all helped to make his going out of business sale a success. “Wilkerson were working on the sale a month it took place,” he says. “They did a great job.”