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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Stephanie Cruz

39-Year-Old Turned $90K Debt Into $2M Hair Clip Business — Refuses To Pass Tariff Costs To Customers

Jenny Lennick is swallowing the cost of US tariffs on Chinese imports to keep her food-themed hair clips on shelves, even as her San Francisco brand Jenny Lemons crossed $2 million (£1.51 million) in annual revenue last year, the BBC reported.

'If we raise our prices, we're not going to be able to sell as many hair clips, which eats into our profit too,' Lennick, 39, told the outlet. She said there is no domestic factory producing cellulose acetate at the scale her business requires, ruling out a move to US manufacturing.

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