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March 22, 2021

L.L. Bean sees sales climb with outdoors boom

  • The company weathered turbulent times with revenue growth of 5%, the best showing since 2011.
    • By DAVID SHARP
    Associated Press

    FREEPORT, Maine — With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth in nearly a decade, the company said Friday.

    The Freeport-based retailer started its fiscal year with store closings and worries about survival but the company weathered the turbulent times with revenue growth of 5%, the best showing since 2011.


     
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