L.L.Bean has been in the historic Peck Building on Main Street since 1988.
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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.
L.L. Bean partners with Husson University on employee MBAs
The onsite program will let workers pursue a degree in business administration while on the job.
L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1 million to Mercy Hospital
Leon L. Bean’s grandson James Gorman and his wife, Maureen Gorman, contributed to the Portland hospital’s $20 million relocation campaign.
L.L. Bean to open first Canadian store
The new retail store is part of a larger expansion into America’s northern neighbor.
L.L.Bean teases summer concert series lineup: Gone West, AJR, Mat Kearney
FREEPORT — L.L.Bean is thinking summer and songs. The iconic Maine retailer teased a partial lineup for its annual free summer concert series Friday. Playing Summer in the Park so far: July 4: The War And Treaty, a husband and wife duo whose music Rolling Stone called “joyous, gospel-style harmonizing with superb country-soul arrangements and […]
A bump in revenue means a bonus for 5,400 employees of L.L. Bean
The company’s 1% sales revenue gain over 2017 will translate to bonuses and additional contributions to employee 401(k) plans.