Jewelry store offers $3.6M necklace to compete with e-commerce

In the ongoing battle brick-and-mortar retailers are waging with e-commerce entities, a Naples jewelry store has an out-of-this-world weapon: a Harry Winston sapphire and diamond necklace priced at $3.6 million.

That one-of-a-kind piece that is now available in Provident Jewelry’s Fifth Avenue South location. Complemented by other high-end pieces, Provident, which operates seven locations in Florida, including the Naples store and one in Fort Myers, aims to make in-store shopping an event that can’t be duplicated online.