b'2023RETAILERHALL oFAMEA SHININGEXAMPLE A devoted animal rescue advocate, Candy Udells work as head of London Jewelers is only part of her important legacy.BY ASHLEY DAVISL ong before joining her husbands family business, Candy Udell caught the jewelry bug via her mother, who loved beautiful things. My mother was a huge jewelry collector and she would take me shopping every day after school, after all my activities. We would go shopping for antique jewelry, for regular jewelry, for clothing, the whole thing. SheCandy Udell and husband Mark are the third generation was a shopaholic and she loved it, Udell recalls.of Marks family to work at London Jewelers, which was founded by his maternal grandfather, Charles London It turned out this was the appropriate training for (pictured at the Glen Cove store), in 1926. the New Jersey natives futureand onlyjob atLondon Jewelers. 28 RETAILER HALL OF FAME 2023'