01.29.13
Yankee Holding Corp. and The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. posted favorable financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 29, 2012.Sales rose 3.4% to $201.7 million. Retail sales increased 9.7% to $93.1 million, while sales from the wholesale segment stayed almost flat with a 0.5% increase to $83.6 million. Sales in the company’s international segment fell 7.3% to $25.0 million.