Sales in Kittery and Freeport have tumbled nearly 20 percent in the last five years.
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Working: Launching a secondhand clothing store in downtown Lewiston
The couple behind Lions is already turning heads with five mannequins with ever-changing outfits in the windows.
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Jordan’s Furniture to take former Filene’s space at Maine Mall
This will be the Massachusetts’-based company’s seventh store in New England.
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Dressbarn to close stores, including 5 in Maine
The parent company continues to operate Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant and other stores.
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Age is only a number at award-winning Falmouth business
FALMOUTH — Darlene Field, 75, was at a time in her life when she needed to reinvent herself, so she went back to work. She’s been working at Couleur Collection, a women’s clothing store in the Shops at Falmouth Village on Route 1, for nearly five months and said the working environment is just what she […]
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Retail forecast 'a little cloudy' for Maine in 2019
AUBURN — Curtis Picard cautioned a sold-out Chamber breakfast Thursday morning that after six or seven years of growth, his retail forecast for 2019 looked “a little cloudy.” Picard, president and CEO of the Retail Association of Maine, said he isn’t negative on retail prospects in Maine next year, but his eyes are open. Fears […]
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L.L. Bean reports 315,000 orders on Tuesday
FREEPORT (AP) — Workers are keeping busy this holiday season at L.L. Bean. The Maine-based retailer says single-day orders topped 315,000 on Tuesday, Dec. 4. That’s among the largest number of orders recorded in the company’s history for a 24-hour period. Company officials are careful not to read too much into a single-day blip. But […]
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Augusta: A tale of two retail tax breaks
Faced with the aftermath of a deep recession and an area of town that city leaders really wanted to see developed, Augusta offered tax breaks 25 years ago to the developer behind the Marketplace at Augusta off turnpike Exit 112. Later, in a retail development known as Augusta Crossing three miles south at Exit 109 […]
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Why deal with Black Friday? ‘A website can’t give you goosebumps’
CINCINNATI — They could have been home, joking about waistbands threatening to snap and reveling in carb-induced comas on the sofa. Instead a few hundred people were lined up outside Target at Waterstone Center on Thanksgiving night, waiting for the blood sport of Black Friday to begin. Some bounced in place as the sun began […]
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Black Friday is already here as retailers kick off holiday sales
Don’t look now, but Black Friday’s already begun. Walmart and Best Buy are among the big retailers to unveil holiday deals Thursday on products like ultra-high-definition smart televisions, laptops and gaming consoles. Amazon.com is also touting its Black Friday discounts early, while Target will roll out offers on home decor and bedding this weekend. The […]