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Article: The new Caribbean economy: even during hard times, business and investing opportunities wait to be uncovered on the islands.(SPECIAL REPORT)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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A KEEN OBSERVER OF GROWING MARKETS IN THE DOMINICAN Republic and Puerto Rico, Russell Rainey realized long ago that exporting goods and services to the Caribbean could keep his company competitive. Rainey Compression Essentials, manufactures and distributes post-operative compression apparel garments worn after plastic surgery, and Rainey, the company's president and CEO, says the islands are increasingly becoming a cosmetic surgery destination.
"There's a lot of surgery going on in the Caribbean. It is a market for people who have surgery while on vacation," says Rainey, whose 14-employee firm is based in Atlanta. "We reached out ...