BusinessJuly 31, 2000
BUSINESS MEMO: NEW L.L. BEAN STORE
The famed outdoor wear and camping gear company L.L. Bean opened a 75,000-foot anchor store at the Tysons Corner Center mall in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. last week. It is Bean's first major store outside of Maine, and the first step in its plan to become a brick-and-mortar retail outlet as well as a mail-order and online company...
The famed outdoor wear and camping gear company L.L. Bean opened a 75,000-foot anchor store at the Tysons Corner Center mall in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. last week. It is Bean's first major store outside of Maine, and the first step in its plan to become a brick-and-mortar retail outlet as well as a mail-order and online company.
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The Tysons store will be the first of several East Coast stores designed to rival the flagship store in Freeport. The company is looking in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania for sites for future stores, company officials said.
Bean also plans smaller stores, with 10 to 12 stores overall anticipated by 2005.
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