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Thanks to Prince Charles, Designer Becomes Jeweler to the Princess and the Queen

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9 years ago

March 14, 2016

INSTORE Staff

The prince’s charitable trust kickstarted her career.

Before Elizabeth Galton became the creative director of Mappin & Webb – a favorite jewelry maker of Princess Kate Middleton and Queen Elizabeth – she was trying to break in as a young designer but lacked the financial resources to do so, People writes. The article says that Galton turned to Prince Charles’ charity, the Royal Trust, for seed money to start her own venture. The grant she received allowed her to set up a “very modest” workshop in her father’s garden shed and also study at a botanical garden in South Africa. “A lot of my earlier work for my own brand was focused around orchids. Without having had that award, it would have been very difficult,” she says.

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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.”