| Sharper Image was one of the hottest | | | | higher quality and a cut above in creativity, over |
| companies in America for years and in the 1980s, | | | | others. Some where along the way, Sharper |
| it reached near iconic status. Today, I learned on | | | | Image became common in price and image. |
| the news that the company has declared | | | | * Right now, if you visit the Sharper Image Site, |
| bankruptcy. | | | | you will find a digital frame key chain for less than |
| I remember talking to my friends in college who | | | | $30. |
| talked about the quality of a mall based on | | | | * You can find a hydrogen fuel rocket set for |
| whether it had a Sharper Image. The store | | | | less than $20. |
| became the benchmark separating the good, | | | | * You can find a Sharper Image Turbo Groomer |
| from the bad and ugly. One of my favorite | | | | for less than $30. |
| movies is "When Harry Met Sally" (yes, I am a | | | | I think you get the point, Sharper Image products |
| romantic) and one of the most enjoyable scenes | | | | are quickly beginning to look like the cheap |
| (and memorable) scenes is in a Sharper Image. | | | | products we associate with "as seen on TV." We |
| There, the two main characters sing on a | | | | come to that conclusion, because that appear to |
| karaoke and stumble upon Harry's ex-wife in a | | | | be exactly what they have become. I believe that |
| most uncomfortable and humorous scene. | | | | the lure of being like everyone else on TV was |
| Back in those days, Sharper Image was decidedly | | | | the very thing that led to its decline. He (or she) |
| geared towards the affluent. The products were | | | | that lives by low prices, often dies by low prices. |
| not cheap, but they were believed to be of a | | | | Write that up in the Sharper Image obituary. |