What started out as a one-man operation in 1912 with one product, the Maine hunting shoe, has expanded into one of the largest catalog and online retailers ...

L.L.Bean has obtained a permit to renovate the 29,219-square-foot space, Summit Township zoning administrator Tamara Cass said. It's not known when the store might open.

L.L. Bean did the natural thing and met its newest customers where they were, opening a store in Tokyo—its first retail location outside of Maine—in 1992. Detail of an L.L. Bean Japan barn jacket.