What Ever Happened to Sharper Image?

Sharper Image was one of the hottesthigher 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 onImage 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 storeless than $20.
became the benchmark separating the good,* You can find a Sharper Image Turbo Groomer
from the bad and ugly. One of my favoritefor less than $30.
movies is "When Harry Met Sally" (yes, I am aI think you get the point, Sharper Image products
romantic) and one of the most enjoyable scenesare 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 acome to that conclusion, because that appear to
karaoke and stumble upon Harry's ex-wife in abe 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 decidedlythe very thing that led to its decline. He (or she)
geared towards the affluent. The products werethat lives by low prices, often dies by low prices.
not cheap, but they were believed to be of aWrite that up in the Sharper Image obituary.