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