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 story
Sharper Image Corporation
Losing An Edge
Sharper Image’s founder reflects on the chain’s demise and the challenges retailers face in today’s economy. Read story
Sharper Image Founder Steps Down
The four-time Inc. 500 company, which is now public, has struggled with same-store sales. Read story
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 story
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 story
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 story
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 story
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 story
Richard Thalheimer on Selling Through Infomercials
Infomercials 101 from the man who brought you massage chairs and white-noise machines. Read story
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 story
Your Product Here
Start-up brings five experienced catalog veterans together to create the Good Catalog Co. Read story
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 story
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 story
Web Start-Up Strategies
Dany Levy leveraged her ties to the journalism community when she launched her website, DailyCandy<... Read story
Gifts for the 'Ultimate Salesperson'
Suggestions from CEOs and sales managers on rewards and gifts for salespeople. Read story
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 story
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 story
7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company’s Budget
Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget. Read story
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SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: APRIL 1987 Offering First Size after- O-T-C ... Read story
Fighting the War on Postage
Catalog houses suggest alternative marketing tactics to offset the high cost of mailing. Read story
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 story
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 story
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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 story
A Guide to Profitable Direct Marketing
Author Lois Geller explains how direct marketing can be tested, tracked, and most important, profitable. Read story
What About the Children?
This month it's mostly about values. Read story
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 story
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 story
FYI: The Million-Dollar Post-it Note
Confessions of a compulsive bootstrapper. Read story
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Behind the headlines -- the news of last month's gross national products, the endless debates about industrial policy and protective tariffs, the stories ... Read story
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 story
The Absolutist
If you want to work with Laura Ricci, you have to do things her way. That means on-line. Read story
Rock Star
Thanks to the Web, Richard Rhodes leaves no stone unturned in his quest for the world's most fabulous materials. Read story
How to Survive Without a Job
Guide to creating your own workplace in the '90s. Focus on entrepreneurs the changing small business landscape. Read story
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 story
Hole In One
Imagine owning a company with one high-margin product that you sell to a huge market of affluent hobbyists, charging twice as much as your competitors. Im... Read story
The Company Store
A manufacturer maintains its only retail store for the sole purpose of conducting market research. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
A user's guide to the 12th annual Inc. 500 list. Read story
Case Study #1: The Reluctant Entrepreneur
The Start-up: Nanda Home The Founder: Gauri Nanda Rochester Hills, Michigan The business proposition:Read story
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