Episode 153: Guest Andy Koehn

The Jewelry District

JCK

Business News, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts, News

4.9 • 50 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates talk with Andy Koehn, owner of Wisconsin-based family jeweler Koehn & Koehn Jewelers. The veteran retailer and diehard classic rock fan shares his philosophy on how a store is like a stage, and its staff is like a band. (Even Mick Jagger relies on discipline and preparation to keep Rolling Stones fans coming back.) Like Rob, Andy is a writer in his spare time. He brings listeners up to speed on his new, no-b.s. ring-buying guide for guys and share some clever insights on what the diamond market needs now. Sponsor: Nivoda (nivoda.com)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by Novoda.
0:16.4	Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gamalski talk with Andy Kane, owner of Kane and Kane Jewelers.
0:23.6	Hey everyone, welcome to the Jewelry District. This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of JCPKK and J-CK Online.com, calling in from Los Angeles.
0:40.5	And I'm with.
0:41.3	Rob Bates, news director of J-C-K and J-CKOnline.com, calling in from New York City.
0:48.3	How's it going?
0:49.2	It's going okay.
0:50.6	Your book is out in, like, days now, right?
0:54.0	I haven't really been thinking about that, but yes, this comes out August 13. So my book came out August 12. Do you have like tons of books at home? Do they send you like endless copies for just for you to give away? I mean, no, I had to order a whole bunch. So I have like about 10 and I've had to, you know, you send some out for review copies and stuff like that.
1:11.9	Yeah. I order, I pre-ordered mine whenever I talked about it. So I assume I'll be getting
1:17.5	mine pretty soon too. Yeah. And, you know, it's, I guess it's not, it feels like the end of
1:23.4	a journey though. I, you know, I'm doing some publicity and stuff like that, so that's fun.
1:28.0	I mean, it's a big deal. It is a big deal. I guess. I've always enjoyed these reads. They're very,
1:32.9	like, they're very readable. You know, they're not like these books you need to put down.
1:36.5	They can, they go very quickly. But they're, they're great, especially for people in the, in the
1:40.5	business. I mean, I think they're probably very interesting for people who don't know anything about jewelry, but for those... Yeah, I'm hoping so. We'll see how that goes, but yeah,
1:49.4	I think so. I hope the masses come stampeding towards... Get on that masses.
1:56.8	Yes. We'll get in them.
2:00.3	Yes. Well, there's a through line here between this conversation and our guest today, who is also an author.
2:08.5	And I'm really excited, and I did start reading his book, which will tee up in a second, about buying an engagement ring.
2:15.6	And I think there is something about, you know, the world of fiction that you are in.
2:20.2	And also, of course, nonfiction and something that's more of a service piece about
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