b'2025 RETAILER HALL of FAMEMULTI- STOREINDEPENDENTINDUCTEEKATHY COREYA SURE, STEADY LEADERKATHY COREY RESCUED NEW ENGLAND JEWELRY STORE CHAINDAYS JEWELERS, PRESERVING ITS LEGACY WITH STRONG PEOPLE SKILLS, PRAGMATISM, AND A GET-IT-DONE ATTITUDE.BY LENORE FEDOWK athy Corey of Days Jewelers is a list person. While Kathy and Jeff are now retired, they remain active in the Her husband and longtime business partner, Jeffbusiness and the industry. Corey, says checking something off her to-do list mightIt all started with a love story befitting an industry that thrives on just be Kathys favorite thing to do. meet-cutes and celebrating special moments. When the couple first met, establishing their own jewelry businessThe year was 1979 and Kathy had just graduated from the Uni-was at the top of their list. versity of Maine with a bachelors degree in nursing. She returned to More than four decades later, Days Jewelers is a chain of nineher hometown of Fort Kent, Maine, and began working at Northern stores across Maine and New Hampshire. Maine Medical Center as a charge nurse.22 RETAILER HALL OF FAME 2025'