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Yankee Candle’s Harlan Kent to star in episode of ‘Undercover Boss’ TV show

By Gail Waterhouse

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 28, 2012

Yankee Candle’s Harlan Kent is taking a page from Clark Kent’s playbook by concealing his true identity. The chief executive is taking part in “Undercover Boss,” a CBS television show that disguises company executives as entry-level employees. In Friday’s episode, which airs locally at 8 p.m., Kent will work in four different jobs, including one as a packer in the Whately manufacturing plant. Kent also works at the company’s flagship store in Deerfield, a shrine to the scented candles that are the company’s signature product.

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