FREEPORT — L.L.Bean has announced it is temporarily closing its retail stores beginning Monday night. The stores will be closed by midnight and remain so until March 29. This will be the fifth time L.L.Bean has closed its flagship store in Freeport. It is the first time the flagship will be closed for more than […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Maine, The Forecaster, Times Record
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.
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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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
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.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
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.
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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.
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L.L. Bean to open first Canadian store
The new retail store is part of a larger expansion into America’s northern neighbor.