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Yankee Candle selects a new CEO

The Yankee Candle Company Inc. is promoting Harlan M. Kent to president and CEO. Kent, now chief operating officer, is taking over for Craig W. Rydin, who will remain chairman and CEO until Oct. 1.

Posted 03/10/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Illuminations to go dark, Yankee Candle Company says

Yankee Candle Company will close its Illuminations unit which operated an independent e-commerce site and 28 bricks-and-mortar stores.

Posted 01/26/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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/ Technology

Epicor acquiring NSB Retail Systems for specialty retail software

Epicor Software, a provider of enterprise software for mid-size and large retailers, is acquiring Montreal-based NSB Retail Systems to expand its base in the market for retail operations software used by specialty merchants, the companies said today.

Posted 12/17/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Yankee Candle agrees to be acquired

Multi-channel retailer Yankee Candle has agreed to a merger with an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners in a deal valued at $1.7 billion.

Posted 10/25/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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As Yankee Candle agrees to acquire Illuminations, it also looks for a buyer

Yankee Candle has agreed to acquire the Candle Acquisition Co., operator of Illuminations.com, for about $22 million. Yankee also has hired Lehman Bros. to help it explore strategic alternatives, including sale of the company.

Posted 07/26/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Marketing

Product labels crucial to site search

Developing the right vocabulary for site search is critical if a retailer wants to keep shoppers from jumping to another site, says Kim Weller, prinicipal consultant, user experience, at Molecular.

Posted 06/29/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

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