Outdoor-gear retailer L.L. Bean celebrates 100 years – in part with a big mock-up of its first product

Back in the days before retailers like Gap, J. Crew or American Outfitters, there were guys like L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch. In Freeport, Maine, L.L. Bean found success without consumer research, focus groups or fashionistas...