Lands' End
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Lands' End, Inc., headquartered in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, is a retailer of clothing, baggage, and furniture.
In fiscal 2023, 63.2% of its revenue was from online retail orders in the U.S., 7.7% of revenue was international orders, 18.3% of revenue was sales of logo apparel to businesses and schools, 7.6% of revenue was received from third-party sellers, and 3.2% of revenue was from company-operated stores.<ref name=10K/> As of February 2, 2024, the company operated 26 stores.<ref name=10K/>
The company is named after Land's End; after promotional materials were printed, the founder noticed the typographical error in the location of the apostrophe, but could not afford to reprint the material.<ref name=Halperin>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Weighs>Template:Cite news</ref>
HistoryEdit
Lands' End began as a mail-order yachting supply company in 1963 in Chicago.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was founded by Gary Comer,<ref name=Weighs/><ref name=comerobit>Template:Cite news</ref> along with his partners, 1963 Pan American Games gold medalist sailors Richard Stearns and Robert Halperin, and two of Stearns' employees.<ref name=Halperin/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1978, it expanded into general clothing and home furnishings, and moved to Dodgeville, Wisconsin.<ref name=comerobit/>
In October 1986, it became a public company via an initial public offering.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the late 1980s, Lands' End was the jersey supplier of the United States national rugby union team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In July 1995, the company launched its website, Landsend.com.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2002, Sears, Roebuck and Company acquired the company for $2 billion in cash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sears offered products by Lands' End in many of its retail stores, until 2019.<ref name=betting>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2009, Lands' End launched Lands' End Canvas, which offered a more fashion-oriented selection of casual clothing for men and women. It was discontinued in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The line was reintroduced in 2016 but cancelled in 2017 by the new CEO.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2013, the company partnered with Borderfree to display international orders in local currency.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The company began selling on Debenhams and in 2014, in its first international partnership, in House of Fraser.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 2014, Sears completed the corporate spin-off of the company, which once again became publicly traded.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Jerome Griffith became CEO in March 2017, succeeding Federica Marchionni.<ref name=Shadow/>
In 2018, the company began selling on Amazon.com.<ref name=Shadow>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2018 and 2019, the company produced uniforms for employees of Delta Airlines and American Airlines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2019, Lands' End closed its remaining store-within-a-store branches in Sears stores, after Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.<ref name=Shadow/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2020, the company entered into a partnership with Kohl's to sell the company's products in its stores.<ref name=betting/>
In 2021, the company partnered with QVC to sell its products on its website, expanded to video sales in April 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Awards and recognitionEdit
In 1998, Lands' End was named among The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America by Fortune magazine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
ControversiesEdit
In 2016, feminist activist Gloria Steinem was featured in the catalog of Lands' End. After an outcry from anti-abortion customers, the company removed Steinem from its website. The company then faced further criticism, this time both from customers who were still unhappy that Steinem had been featured in the first place, and customers who were unhappy that Steinem had been removed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>