L.L. Bean is grand opening its new Ann Arbor, MI, store at Briarwood Mall on Oct. 16, and also announced plans for a store at Greenville, SC’s County Square redevelopment project opening in 2028.++++Academy Sports is opening a 55,000-sq.-ft. store in the Birmingham suburb of Gardendale, AL, on Nov. 1.++++Arc’teryx opened a new concept store dedicated exclusively to climbing on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA.++++S&S plans to open a new fully automated 500,000-sq.-ft. distribution center in the Phoenix, AZ, metro area in late summer 2027.++++Steelhead Outdoors relocated to a larger, ... Log in to view full article.