NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Bodyfriend, a prominentmassage-chair manufacturer headquartered in Seoul,South Korea, plans to have a presence in every major US city by2022, offering customers the ability to experience its product tothe fullest and enjoy the entire purchasing experience in ashowroom-like environment, CEO Taek Kim tellsGlobeSt.com. Launched in 2007, the company has become thehighest-growing massage company in the world, grossing $360 millionin 2016.
Bodyfriend's goal is to gross $1 billion in sales per calendaryear. It has expanded into the global market starting with the US,recently acquired factories in China and Italy and focused on theAsian and North American markets starting this year. In addition,Bodyfriend and Automobili Lamborghini, a luxurysupercar manufacturer, have entered a four-year partnership deal tocombine the health benefits that massage chairs offer with thespirit and design of one the Lamborghini brand.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
