Tiffany Hall was a lawyer working for Pernod a huge spirits company Pernod Ricard, parent company to spirits like Jameson and Absolut and wines like Jacob’s Creek and Kenwood. While there, she noticed a voice in the spirits market – spirits weren’t created to appeal specifically to women, despite a growing market for female consumers. […]

What are African-American women’s consumer preferences? What does it look like across U.S. mainstream? According to the Nielson report, Black women will be responsible for $1.5 million in spending power by the year 2021. Cheryl Grace is the Senior Vice President of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement at Nielsen. Nielsen released the 2017 report of African American Women: […]

Who run the world? According to Beyoncè – girls. And the girls who are doing the most these days when it comes to entrepreneurial endeavors are Black women. A 2015 report “State of Women-Owned Businesses Report” commissioned by American Express Open, provided some details on female-owned companies. African-American female entrepreneurs created businesses at a rate […]

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A new report shows that the number of businesses owned by African-American women has grown 332 percent since 1997, according to Fortune magazine. The recently published study, 2015 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report (pdf), commissioned by American Express Open, shows that the overall number of female-owned businesses grew by 74 percent between 1997 and 2015, […]

A new report shows that the number of businesses owned by African-American women has grown 332 percent since 1997, according to Fortune magazine. The recently…