FREEPORT (AP) — Outdoors retailer L.L. Bean says a systems upgrade is causing shipping delays. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2p08JGc ) that some customer orders have delays up to a week. The Maine-based company says the delays were caused by an upgrade to the retailer’s order-processing and fulfillment systems. L.L. Bean has apologized to customers […]
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L.L. Bean reports level sales; workers get 3% bonus
FREEPORT — Outdoors specialty retailer L.L. Bean says sales were flat for a second straight year in 2016 – a year in which the family-owned company weathered a boycott over a relative’s political contributions in support of President Donald Trump. Revenues reached $1.6 billion for the fiscal year. The Freeport-based company had been on a […]
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FEC asks more questions about Linda Bean's pro-Trump PAC
Linda Bean is the granddaughter of L.L. Bean, a member of the retailer’s board and the founder of a lobster company called Linda Bean’s Lobster Dreams. AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about last-minute election expenditures by a pro-Donald Trump super PAC that has already acknowledged making mistakes regarding the sources […]