Can the Fifteen Percent Pledge Get Past the Number?

It’s been about three weeks since Sucré Couture, the jewellery label launched by Kimberly Jefferson in 2011, was added to the 15 Percent Pledge’s directory of Black-owned businesses.

Entry onto the list, which includes 5,000 companies ranging from tiny makeup start-ups to established fashion labels, can put a brand on the radar of the 29 retailers, including Sephora, Nordstrom and Macy’s, that have “taken the pledge” — or vowed to…