From Boom To Backlash: The Rise And Fall Of Mainstream Support For Black-Owned Businesses

By Kimberly Wilson April 4, 2024No Comments

In a panel discussion hosted by Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator and Boss Women Media, CEO founders Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar and Kendra Bracken-Ferguson of BrainTrust Founders Studio discussed the environment many Black business owners currently find themselves in. “In 2020, people were fawning over Black businesses. Then 2022 happened, and the tide changed,” Butler recalled. The reference points to the surge of support