Lands' End, Inc. (LE)

Digital apparel retailer with distribution operations. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 30, 2026, filed March 26, 2026. Ranked 96 of the 240 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Lands' End states about 3,900 employees, 3,600 in the United States and 47% of those part-time; its digital retail business is read at clothing retailers, its Wisconsin distribution and embroidery operations at warehousing and its Business Outfitters uniform sales at apparel wholesaling, by description.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 28% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 30% at the end of 2028, 30% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 30% desk work, 20% people work and 50% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 70% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 18% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

3,900 employees as of January 30, 2026 (stated). About 3,600 of 3,900 employees are in the United States and about 300 outside it.

The filing: “We employ approximately 3,900 employees: approximately 3,600 employees in the United States and approximately 300 employees outside the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 3,900 employees, 3,600 in the U.S.; the U.S. workforce is about 47% part-time, 35% full-time hourly and 18% full-time salaried; about 1,500 additional flexible part-time employees are hired for the back-to-school and holiday seasons to support embroidery and distribution and are not in the count; 38% of full-time U.S. employees have ten or more years of tenure; fiscal year ends late January.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
• Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)28% now, 30% by 2028
• Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
• The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)30% now, 33% by 2028
• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, 43,200 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
• Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028
• Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN, 31,000 employees)29% now, 31% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

10 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it is leveraging AI to advance its technologies, intends to incorporate AI to optimize processes, enhance decisions, reduce costs and boost productivity, has enhanced the customer experience through AI, and trains employees on using AI at work, in ten sentences.

• “We are focused on advancing our technologies, leveraging artificial intelligence ("AI"), challenging ourselves to think and operate differently, embracing change, testing and learning, and applying our learning to best serve evolving customer needs.”
• “We intend to strategically incorporate AI technologies to optimize business processes, enhance decision-making, reduce costs and boost productivity.”
• “We have a proven track record of enhancing the customer experience through innovation and AI.”
• “Information Technology Lands' End employs a variety of third-party and internally-developed systems and AI to enhance our customer experience and support efficient, cost-effective operations and to drive new growth initiatives.”
• “We have implemented weekly micro learning workshops focused on leadership and employee effectiveness topics, including the comfort of using AI in the workplace.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20212median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 202510median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The split among retail, distribution and business sales is by description (c); the filing states the workforce by status and country, not by function.
• The 1,500 seasonal part-time hires are outside the stated count, as the filing states them.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-126210, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.