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Podcast Highlight: Jenny O. Calleri On Life Growing Up on the Las Vegas Strip

She felt that all of her friends had cooler jobs than she did.

Published

4 years ago

November 13, 2019

INSTORE Staff

JENNY O. CALLERI talks about the very start of her long career in the jewelry business in the latest episode of The Barb Wire.

The Las Vegas native tells host Barbara Palumbo that growing up in the city can be difficult — especially when she saw her friends getting jobs she felt were cooler than hers. (Her examples of cool jobs for a young adult at the time were “maitre ‘d at Spago, bellman at MGM, valet at the Mirage …”)

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Tired of feeling her job was so much duller than those of her friends, Jenny O., with the assistance of a close friend, got a job at a very well-known jewelry store at the Fashion Show Mall.

In this short podcast excerpt above, you’ll learn which jewelry store it was, and find out how this modest first step led to a long industry career that saw Jenny O. eventually purchase Huntington Jewelers, a 70-year-old Las Vegas jewelry store.

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When There’s No Succession Plan, Call Wilkerson

Bob Wesley, owner of Robert C. Wesley Jewelers in Scottsdale, Ariz., was a third-generation jeweler. When it was time to enjoy life on the other side of the counter, he weighed his options. His lease was nearing renewal time and with no succession plan, he decided it was time to call Wilkerson. There was plenty of inventory to sell and at first, says Wesley, he thought he might try to manage a sale himself. But he’s glad he didn’t. “There’s no way I could have done this as well as Wilkerson,” he says. Wilkerson took responsibility for the entire event, with every detail — from advertising to accounting — done, dusted and managed by the Wilkerson team. “It’s the complete package,” he says of the Wilkerson method of helping jewelers to easily go on to the next phase of their lives. “There’s no way any retailer can duplicate what they’ve done.”