This year’s Northern Lights Celebration features a walk-in snow globe, reindeer and thousands of lights.
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Three Maine companies close on $14 million Portland real estate deal
The deal, brokered by The Boulos Co., involved selling two Portland commercial properties and replacing one property’s seller with a new tenant.
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.
Freeport students enjoy adventure at L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery program
About 450 students spent Sept. 10-13 at the Flying Point Road center.
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.
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.
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.
L.L. Bean to open first Canadian store
The new retail store is part of a larger expansion into America’s northern neighbor.
A bump in revenue means a bonus for 5,400 employees of L.L. Bean
The company’s 1% sales revenue gain over 2017 will translate to bonuses and additional contributions to employee 401(k) plans.
L.L. Bean exec, Portland entrepreneur tapped as advisers to Boston Fed
L.L. Bean CFO Kierston Van Soest and O. & Co. CEO Oliver Smith have joined the bank’s New England Advisory Council.