Thais-Williams, a lesbian, opened Jewel’s Catch One in the early 1970s because she saw that Black LGBTQ+ people in L.A. needed a space of their own. She had previously run a mixed club, where gay and ...

L.L.Bean is facing great opportunity — and great risk | Opinion The company can either step up its environmental game or alienate the climate-conscious customer.

FREEPORT, Maine, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- L.L.Bean, Inc. today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Smith has decided to depart in the spring of 2026, following a ...

Smith joined L.L.Bean in 2016 as the company's first-ever external CEO. Over the past decade, he has championed a culture of transparency, collaboration, and cross-functional alignment that has ...