b'2025 RETAILER HALL of FAMESINGLE- STOREINDEPENDENTINDUCTEETOM DIXONHONORING THE PAST,SHAPING THE FUTURETOM DIXON, CHAIRMAN OF SCHWANKE-KASTEN JEWELERS, HEADS ALONG-STANDING, FAMILY-OWNED JEWELRY STORE THAT HE HAS POSITIONED NOTONLY AS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS BUT ALSO A CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY. BY NATALIE FRANCISCO A s the leader of a 126-year-old business, Tom Dixon isWisconsin, for generations, moving down through the Schwanke and tasked with honoring and preserving the work of theDixon family lines since 1899. family members who came before him while continuingTom, whose official title is chairman of Schwanke-Kasten, has to build it better.known he wanted to be part of this legacy since childhood. Im like the keeper of the flame here, Tom says. It all started at an American Gem Society Conclave in San Fran-Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers has been serving the people of Milwaukee,cisco. Tom was in seventh grade, and at the time, the event had a gem 10 RETAILER HALL OF FAME 2025'