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Two Historic Black Banks Merge Into the Nation's Largest.
Optus Bank and Mechanics & Farmers are combining into a $1.27 billion institution, the largest Black-owned bank in America. Two century-old missions, one balance sheet.
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Ruka Puts Braiding Hair on Sephora's Shelves.
Ruka Hair becomes the first Black-owned hair-extensions brand at Sephora, and the first extensions brand the retailer has stocked in more than 20 years. Online August 4, in stores August 14.
Culture
It's Black Business Month. Here's How to Actually Show Up.
August is National Black Business Month, founded in 2004. Beyond the hashtag, the ask is simple, and it is year-round: move your dollars, and keep moving them.
Brand Moves
Beyoncé Now Owns SirDavis Outright.
Two years after launching the American whisky with Moët Hennessy, Beyoncé has bought out LVMH's spirits arm to become sole owner, making SirDavis woman-, family-, and Black-owned.
Beyond Beauty
They Were Told They Wouldn't Fit In. So They Built the Convention Everyone Wants Into.
Dream Con, the anime and gaming convention founded by RDCWorld's Mark Phillips and Affiong Harris, grew from 800 people in Waco to more than 32,000 in downtown Houston. It is the blueprint for what Black nerd culture looks like when it owns the room.
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