L.L. Bean CEO Stephen Smith: It's been a really volatile year for the consumer
CNBC Television·2025-11-28 16:08

For more on the consumer and retail, let's bring in LLBAN CEO Stephen Smith. How does demand look like to you so far, Stephen. This year.>> Yeah, good morning, Sarah and Carl, David Courtney as well. Uh, we're cautiously optimistic for the holiday and today is starting off well. Um, if I back up, it's been a really volatile year for the consumer.They've been incredibly resilient, but we've sort of bounced around, you know, with the rest of retail. September, October were a little bit soft, but November, we ...