Relax The Back
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Relax The Back is a chain of retail stores of back pain relief and wellness products with more than 70 locations in the United States.
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in Burlington, Massachusetts
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History
The first Relax The Back store opened in Austin, Texas in 1984. In 1987, an entrepreneur named Virginia Rogers purchased the original store and packaged the business into a franchise format.[1] The first franchise was opened in San Antonio in 1989 by Coby Dietrick, a former professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs.[2] In 1996, having grown the chain to 59 stores, Rogers sold the company to a franchisee, Dairl Johnson, for $6 million.[1] Johnson continued to develop the company's independent franchising model.[3] Relax The Back corporate offices are currently located in Long Beach, California.
As early as 1998, US News noted that the four major back-related stores, Healthy Back Store, Better Back Store, Relax the Back, and JoAnne's Bed & Back Shops, had a combined business of $75 million.[4]
References
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- ↑ a b R. Michelle Breyer, "Largest Retail Franchise Devoted to Back Problems Sold for $6 Million." Austin American-Statesman, reprinted by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September 7, 1996
- ↑ Meena Thiruvengadam, "Former Texas basketball star sells furniture business after franchise dispute." San Antonio Express-News, March 10, 2005.
- ↑ Neil Cavuto, "Interview With the Relax The Back CEO", Cavuto Business Report, February 25, 1998.
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- Furniture retailers of the United States
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- Retail companies based in California
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Long Beach, California
- American companies established in 1984
- Retail companies established in 1984
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