Type Retail Website RelaxTheBack.com Parent organization Human Touch, LLC | Area served United States, Canada Founded 1984 | |
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Industry Supplies products aiding in the relief and prevention of back pain Number of locations 121 stores (2009) at 2009-03-01 Products Zero-Gravity Recliners, Mattresses, Pillows, Office chairs, Massage chairs, Lumbar supports, Exercise balls, Inversion Tables Headquarters La Palma, California, United States | ||
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Relax The Back is a chain of specialty retail stores with over 120 locations in the United States and Canada, specializing in back support products.
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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. The first franchise was opened in San Antonio in 1989 by Coby Dietrick, a former professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs. In 1996, having grown the chain to 59 stores, Rogers sold the company to a franchisee, Dairl Johnson, for $6 million. Johnson continued to develop the company's independent franchising model. Relax The Back corporate offices are currently located in La Palma, 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.