Losing An Edge
Sharper Image’s founder reflects on the chain’s demise and the challenges retailers face in today’s economy. Read more
Sharper Image Corporation
Recent Articles about Sharper Image Corporation
Keeping Costs Under Control
Although The Sharper Image's 48- to 56-page catalog has a high-quality look and feel, a six-person in-house creative staff produces and mails it for 44? a... Read more
How do you create a hit product? Ask Richard Thalheimer
Sharper Image founder Richard Thalheimer built a $669 million dollar enterprise by finding and hawking an odd array of items—ultrasonic rodent repel... Read more
Sharper Image Founder Steps Down
The four-time Inc. 500 company, which is now public, has struggled with same-store sales. Read more
Hitting The Jackpot With Direct Mail
Richard Thalheimer has reason to trust his instincts for picking mail-order products that sell. In 1975, when he was 26 years old and a door-to-door sale... Read more
Unclear Future for Sharper Image
The former Inc. 500 gadget retailer has filed for bankruptcy and will close half its U.S. stores, officials say. Read more
Auditing The Accounting Article
I question the extraordinary emphasis given to a remark attributed to Richard Thalheimer, president of the Sharper Image. " 'I walked into Price Waterhous... Read more
The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These
In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. We asked our... Read more
25 Years. 7,900 Companies. One Enormous Impact
For 25 years, the most exciting companies in America have been getting noticed here. Microsoft, Timberland, Jenny Craig--glad to be of service. Read more
Richard Thalheimer on Selling Through Infomercials
Infomercials 101 from the man who brought you massage chairs and white-noise machines. Read more
Inc. 500 Alumni: Where Are They Now?
Each year since 1981, Inc. magazine has named the fastest-growing small privately held companies in America. When companies first make the In... Read more
Your Product Here
Start-up brings five experienced catalog veterans together to create the Good Catalog Co. Read more
Catalog Marketing, Cont.
If you like O. Henry, you'll love I. Magnin; if you've just finished The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, you'll probably go for The Sharper Image. Th... Read more
Start-up Strategies: Early to Web
Dot-coms, schmot-coms. When you're launching any kind of company with limited resources, the Internet can be your best friend. Read more
Web Start-Up Strategies
Dany Levy leveraged her ties to the journalism community when she ... Read more
Inc. 500 All-Stars
A look at the companies that have achieved the distinction of appearing on the Inc. 500 a staggering 5 times. Plus: Household-name companies that earned thei... Read more
Gifts for the 'Ultimate Salesperson'
Suggestions from CEOs and sales managers on rewards and gifts for salespeople. Read more
Ask the Godfather of Hip-Hop
Inc. regulars know that each month we let readers lob their toughest business questions at a seasoned entrepreneur. (This month Richard Thalheimer, founde... Read more
The Inc. 500 Index (company And Rank)
A. J. Reynolds (228) ACE Equipment Rentals (320) ACSIS (249) Action Packets (92) Ad-Tek Engineering Services (362) Administr... Read more
SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: APRIL 1987 Offering First Size after- O-T-C ... Read more
Sonic Boom
A profile of Optiva, the number one Inc. 500 company, and the unlikely product -- an electric toothbrush -- that brought it to the top of the 1997 list. Read more
Fighting the War on Postage
Catalog houses suggest alternative marketing tactics to offset the high cost of mailing. Read more
The Inc. 500 Index (company And Rank)
A. J. Reynolds (228) ACE Equipment Rentals (320) ACSIS (249) Action Packets (92) Ad-Tek Engineering Services (362) Administr... Read more
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1979-83 Com... Read more
What About the Children?
This month it's mostly about values. Read more
A Guide to Profitable Direct Marketing
Author Lois Geller explains how direct marketing can be tested, tracked, and most important, profitable. Read more
7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company's Budget
Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget. View slideshow
On the Road: Sleeping Easier
For many, business travel means tossing and turning all night and bloodshot eyes the morning after. Sleep experts and some smart hotels are trying to change ... Read more
Form an Inventors Group
An inventors group offers the opportunity to build and improve business skills and to brainstorm and network with other inventors. Read more
FYI: The Million-Dollar Post-it Note
Confessions of a compulsive bootstrapper. Read more
A Sharper Image
This knife vendor started as an on-line demo. Then it was a dot-com. Now it's a store. And catalogs are on the way. Read more
Behind the headlines -- the news of last month's gross national products, the endless debates about industrial policy and protective tariffs, the stories ... Read more
The Absolutist
If you want to work with Laura Ricci, you have to do things her way. That means on-line. Read more
The Absolutist
If you want to work with Laura Ricci, you have to do things her way. That means on-line. Read more
Who's the Boss?
Entrepreneurs who launch companies don't always stay in charge. Etsy founder Rob Kalin was replaced in July, and nine other examples. View slideshow
7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company’s Budget
Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget. Read more
Case Study #1: The Reluctant Entrepreneur
The Start-up: Nanda Home The Founder: Gauri Nanda Rochester Hills, Michigan The business proposition: ... Read more
The Dirtbag Demographic
Using E-mail and a Web site, Douglas Canning reached out and touched practically everyone who could help his start-up. Read more
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