In 2000, when business was booming for Kipling, management took up an excellent offer, selling the company to UBS, the Swiss bank holding company. With the company changing hands several times thereafter, handling personnel issues became increasingly difficult, and Cheng increasingly had the feeling that she was toiling purely for others 'benefit. So in 2004, at age 50, she decided to head out on her own.
然而，就在 Kipling 極盛時期（2000 年），老闆以優渥的條件把品牌賣給瑞士銀行（UBS）控股公司，之後又幾度易手，人事紛擾難以掌控，再加上「為人作嫁」難以有福共享，讓鄭鈴珠在 2004 年，年屆 50 歲時，選擇走上自創品牌之路。