Lafayette’s Embark Fine Jewelry is expanding into Baton Rouge. The company plans to open a location in the Coterie Exchange development on Jefferson Highway, across from Towne Center.
Embark was founded by Erin Judice, Katie Kennedy and Michelle Robertson in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the three of them worked together at Stuller, a Lafayette fine jewelry manufacturer.
The business has humble origins, having started around Kennedy’s dining room table. It quickly gained traction, though, evolving into a full-scale retail operation with the opening of its flagship storefront on Lafayette’s Kaliste Saloom Road in 2022…