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Wisconsin Jewelers Run “Family Business with Soul”

“What you see is what you get,” they say.

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3 months ago

February 20, 2023

INSTORE Staff Instore February 2023 Issue

Wisconsin Jewelers Run “Family Business with Soul”

Andy and Jenn Koehn are the modern-day Koehn & Koehn of their business, which was founded by Andy’s grandfather sometime in the 1930s. “We aren’t exactly sure when we were founded,” Andy says. “The Koehns aren’t so into numbers. Ha!” Jenn is responsible for back of the house, and Andy is up front working in sales, training and as a greeter. They call their enterprise a “family business with soul” and infuse it with all the authenticity, personality and humor at their disposal.

Time for More “Me Time”? Time to Call Wilkerson

Rick White, owner of White’s & Co. Jewelry in Rogers, Ark., knew it was time to retire. Since the age of 18, jewelry had been his life. Now it was time to get that “me time” every retailer dreams about. So, he chose Wilkerson to manage his going-out-of-business sale. White says he’d done plenty of sales on his own, but this was different. “Wilkerson has been a very, very good experience. I’ve had the best salespeople in the history of jewelry,” he says. “I recommend Wilkerson because they are really the icon of the jewelry business and going-out-of-business sales. They’ve been doing it for decades. I just think they’re the best.”