Kendra Scott's bank called her credit line during the 2008 crisis.
Kendra Scott · Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott · Mar 20, 2017 · at 27:31
Kendra Scott describes the compounding financial crises her jewelry company faced during the 2008 Great Recession.
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“My line of credit gets called by the bank because I'm a high-risk Being fashion and jewelry”
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