Recurring Attraction
While a student in Florida Atlantic University’s executive MBA program, Jonathan Beskin was attracted to businesses like those known as subscription boxes, which make recurring deliveries of niche products. Beskin focused the business on women, who make up the majority of subscription box buyers. SinglesSwag was born, shipping boxes with beauty items, fashion accessories, treats, books and other goods. It doubled profit to $5 million in 2020 on a 46% increase in revenue to $15.5 million. “We have had by far our best year ever in 2020, despite the pandemic,” Beskin says.
SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month and ranks No. 181 on Inc.’s national list of fast growers and No. 9 for Florida. It employs eight full time and outsources many functions. Last year, Beskin acquired Paradise Delivered, another subscription service, this one focused on “vacation-inspired, spa-like experiences” at home.
Three Vancouver Island teens sent to hospital after stabbings in Comox Valley
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Three teenagers are recovering in hospital after a scary late night incident in the Comox Valley.
Saturday night around 10:30 pm, a call came through to local emergency services and the RCMP for a possible stabbing on Pritchard Road near Highland Secondary school.
According to several social media reports, the area known as the ‘sandpits’ was the site of a party.
Three youth suffered injuries in the incident.
The MyComoxValleyNow.com newsroom followed emergency crews as they airlifted some of the teens to nearby hospitals.
We have reached out to both the Comox Valley RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services for more information.