text: ( For some reason , Lands ' End 's 1995 surplus didn 't spawn a Procrastinating Catalogue Shoppers Get Whatever They Want as Late as They Want It story in the Times . ) As the Times reports , Lands ' End overreacted to the bad year by ordering 20 percent less merchandise for 1996 , and suffered for it .
  
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  Lands ' End had to lay off 100s of employees due to 1995 's poor sales .