News Release
For Release: IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:        Eric N. Proulx                                       
                     603-286-7880 Ext. 302

(Tilton, NH – June 18, 2009)  Tanger Outlet Center is pleased to announce the opening of a 3,000 square foot Yankee Candle store at the center.  Yankee Candle is now open and is located next to Gap Outlet, which marks the opening of the 21^stYankee Candle store this year nationwide.  The well known specialty retailer offers an assortment of candles and accessories.  For further information about Yankee Candle, located in Suite 109, call (603) 286-1964.

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. is the leading designer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium scented candles, based on sales, in the giftware industry. Yankee Candle has a 40-year history of offering distinctive products and marketing them as affordable luxuries and consumable gifts. The Company sells its products through a North American wholesale customer network of 18,109 store locations, a growing base of Company owned and operated retail stores (483 Yankee Candle Stores located in 43 states), direct mail catalogs, its Internet website (www.yankeecandle.com).

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., (NYSE:SKT) a publicly traded REIT, presently has ownership interests in or management responsibilities for 33 shopping centers in 22 states coast-to-coast, totaling approximately 10.2 million square feet, leased to over 2,200 stores that are operated by over 400 different store brands.  In Tilton, the Tanger Outlet Center features 50 brand name and designer outlet stores and is conveniently located off I-93 at Exit 20 in the Lakes Region.  For more information about Tanger Outlets in Tilton, visit www.tangeroutlet.com/tilton.