Outdoor retailer REI to open first Maine store in Westbrook

The Seattle-area company, which competes with Maine-based L.L. Bean and others, plans to open at Rock Row in the fall.

L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic’s push to the outdoors

The retailer benefited from two of the hottest retail segments over the past year – comfort items like slippers, pajamas and loungewear, along with outdoor gear.

Proposed Freeport development would add more than 500 homes to largely rural residential area

The development, still in the earliest planning stages, proposes 329 single-family houses, 60 apartment units in five buildings, 140 homes in 70 duplex buildings and eight commercial lots off Desert and Old County Road. The development would require a zoning change, which the planning board will be discussing next week.

Police and businesses now seeing broad compliance with Maine’s mask mandate

Voluntary compliance has improved over time, as customers have accepted COVID-19 containment measures.

L.L. Bean to sell products through other retailers

The company's first wholesale agreements in the U.S. represent a push to get L.L. Bean products in front of more consumers.

Facebook ads target L.L.Bean in scam sale

Using the Freeport retailer's own logo and photos, the ads tempt with discounts as low as 80%, but don't do it.

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