Freeport approves tax break for L.L. Bean corporate HQ expansion

In exchange for a tax incentive, L.L. Bean officials granted an easement on property intended for a multi-use trail and will help clean up Concord Gully Brook, a longtime priority for the town.

L.L.Bean stitchers sewing dog bed liners into hospital face masks

L.L.Bean CEO Stephen Smith described the dog bed liner masks Monday on CNBC's ‘Power Lunch’ as breathable and ‘very durable.’

L.L. Bean boxing food, not flannel, to help during pandemic

The outdoors retailer is lending space and employees to help the Good Shepherd Food Bank get food to Mainers who need it during the pandemic.

L.L.Bean to close its retail stores until March 29

L.L. Bean wades into New York Fashion Week with clothing ‘inspired by the outdoors’

For the first time in its 108-year history, the Freeport retailer had a collection shown on a fashion runway in New York Wednesday. The clothes will be on sale in the fall.

L.L.Bean cuts 200 jobs, plans to close Lewiston call center in 2021

L.L.Bean has been in the historic Peck Building on Main Street since 1988.

Freeport considers tax break for L.L. Bean headquarters expansion

The retailer is requesting a $10 million tax increment financing district that could help offset its future property tax costs and fund community projects.

L.L. Bean nixes corporate relocation in favor of expansion

Maine's most iconic business had contemplated a move from Freeport before deciding to increase its downtown footprint.

Maine retailers plug into online connections to boost their holiday sales

Many Maine companies are looking to the web to augment in-store sales even more than in recent years.

As attitudes, laws around working mothers evolve, BIW installs lactation facilities

To be in compliance with Maine state law, an employer must provide a space, other than a bathroom, for nursing mothers to express breast milk for up to 3 years after childbirth.