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LANDS' END, INC.

For the period ended Jan 30, 2026. Filed Mar 26, 2026.

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FY2026 · Filed Mar 26, 2026

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Item 8. Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Lands’ End, Inc.

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Lands’ End, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of January 30, 2026 and January 31, 2025, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive operations, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ equity, for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended January 30, 2026, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 30, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 30, 2026 and January 31, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 30, 2026, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 30, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures to respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Inventories – Refer to Note 2 of the Financial Statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company values its United States inventory, primarily merchandise held for sale, using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method, with these inventories valued at the lower of LIFO cost or market. The Company regularly reviews inventories and records a reserve for excess and obsolete inventory to reduce the carrying value to the lower of LIFO cost or market. Recording the reserve requires management to make assumptions and apply judgement related to liquidation and disposal of identified inventory.

Given the judgments made by management to estimate the reserves for excess and obsolete inventory, auditing the reserve involved a higher degree of auditor judgment and the involvement of more senior members of the engagement team in executing, supervising, and reviewing the results of the procedures.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the reserves for excess and obsolete United States inventory included the following, among others:

We tested the effectiveness of controls over the review of excess and obsolete inventory and the required reserve to value inventory at the lower of cost or market.

We evaluated the appropriateness and consistency of management’s methods and assumptions used in developing its estimate of the inventory reserve calculation.

We have tested the completeness and accuracy of certain inputs supporting management’s reserve, including the age of its inventory, historical margins, and sell through rates.

We compared actual inventory sold below cost in the current fiscal year to the reserve estimated by the Company in the prior fiscal year to evaluate management's ability to accurately estimate the reserve.

We tested the mathematical accuracy of the Company’s reserve calculation.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

March 26, 2026

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.

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