Kendra Scott
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I mean, they would sell out.
I would go to the stores.
I'd help them merchandise.
If something wasn't selling, I'd go back in and replace it for them.
Nobody had done that when I had my hat store.
So I thought, I want to be a designer that is supportive of these retailers.
I'll go in and do trunk shows.
I'll meet their customers.
I mean, I was like, I am going to do everything I wished would have been done for me when I owned my hat store.
And it worked and our stores were selling like crazy and the customers were happy and it just grew from there.
One store grew into 10 stores, 10 stores grew into 100 stores, 100 stores grew into 1,000.
Yes.
And that's how I did it for 10 years of my business.
Well, eight years, eight years.
No, I didn't say that at all.
This wonderful thing happened called the recession.
I don't know if you've heard about it.
Yeah, 2008.
Well, so 2008, the world changed.
And all of my eggs were in one basket.