Sharper Image

Sharper Image is an American consumer products retailer that sells home electronics and other lifestyle products through its website, catalog, and third-party retailers. The brand is owned by ThreeSixty Group, with the U.S. catalog and website owned and operated by Michigan-based Camelot Venture Group. Sharper Image filed for bankruptcy and closed all its retail stores in 2008. The brand has been in operation since its relaunch in 2010. In 1977, lawyer and entrepreneur Richard Thalheimer founded the office supply retailer Thalheimer Business Systems in San Francisco, California. He later renamed his business The Sharper Image to help promote the quality of the copier paper and toner sold by his company. The Sharper Image expanded its product assortment to include high-end gadgets, electronics, massage chairs, and air purifiers. The Sharper Image eventually expanded to 187 retail stores in 38 states. The Sharper Image sold merchandise through dozens of retail stores throughout the United States, a monthly catalog, and its website, along with business-to-business sales teams that marketed products for corporate incentive programs and wholesale to retailers. In 2016, ThreeSixty Group, Inc. acquired The Sharper Image from Iconix Brand Group, Inc. Since 2015, ThreeSixty Group, Inc. has been owned by AEA Investors.