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Updated: December 31, 2024

Maine retail news was a mixed bag in 2024

The Black Box in Portland File Photo / Jim Neuger On Washington Avenue in Portland, small businesses inside the Black Box business incubator draw a lot of foot traffic.

From pop-up shops to big box stores and everything in between, retail is a sector we write about a lot. Coverage this year was a mixed bag of openings, closings, leadership transitions and legal actions.

Here are links to 20 retail stories published in 2024.

Snap, crackle & pop-up: Temporary retail gains traction in Maine

Clothing store relocates to ‘cutest retail space in Freeport’

Tote touchdown: Portland-based Sea Bags scores NFL licensing deal

Market Basket will open 4th Maine branch with a store at the Downs in Scarborough 

Maine 'hippie store' — now a hippie chain — will add another branch

LLBean posts sales dip for 2023 amid retail headwinds, trims employee bonuses

Footwear maker Skechers sues LLBean, claiming it illegally copied shoe designs

Lowe's agrees to improve access at Maine stores as part of settlement over ADA compliance

As development surges in Norway, retailer finds larger space in historic opera house

Bull Moose founder returns as retailer's interim CEO

Born of retail: A software company that ‘eats, sleeps and breathes retail’

As customers move to online ordering, LLBean will trim call center staff, cut one shift

Bookshop finds energy in downtown Waterville's arts and culture scene

With acquisition of a Kittery shopping center, top priority is filling vacant storefronts

'Maine Cabin Masters' star expands her business with line of holiday home decor

With acquisition of a Kittery shopping center, top priority is filling vacant storefronts

Two national retailers with a Maine presence are going out of business

Eyewear chain Warby Parker plans to open Portland store, first in northern New England

Online sneaker resellers transition to brick-and-mortar store in Kittery

Craft maker of ‘potions and lotions’ expands with second Kennebec County store

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