Yankee Candle Learns From Matchback Analysis

| Tim Parry

The first question Yankee Candle asks when it’s looking at its buyer file is how much it can spend to market to a customer and still break even.

That’s why matchbacks are so important to the firm. If it understands a consumer

Talbots to Shutter 20 Stores

| Jim Tierney

Two months after announcing it would drop its Kids and Mens lines, Hingham, MA-based merchant The Talbots said March 12 it plans to close 20 under-performing stores