Yankee Candle CFO to retire

South Deerfield, Mass. The Yankee Candle Co. said Thursday that Bruce L. Hartman, the company's executive VP, chief administrative officer and CFO, will retire after the end of the current fiscal year.

Hartman joined Yankee Candle in January 2008.

The company cited personal reasons behind the executive’s departure.

Yankee Candle said it will launch a search for a replacement immediately.

Yankee Candle sells its products through a North American wholesale customer network of 19,124 store locations, through 495 Yankee Candle stores located in 43 states, direct-mail catalogs, and its Web site yankeecandle.com.