Founded in America with a vision to offer people products that give a taste of the future. The brand was the brainchild of Richard Thalheimer one of the leading retail and product development minds of the 1980s and 1990s. The company started as a catalog business.

The very 1st catalog was mailed and Sharper Image became a must seen magazine for the newest trends and coolest gadgets.

The firstSharper Image store opened in 1981 and ushered in a new era of experiential retail.The stores welcomed customers to touch, feel and play with the merchandise making the stores a key destination in malls acrossAmerica

In its quest for unique and innovative products, Sharper Image set up a top-secret Design Lab to develop products from scratch.

In a period of just 8 months in 1999, online sales soared from US$7 to $31 million. An exciting moment in Sharper Image history was working together with Steve Jobs, developing state of the art digital display options and algorithms for the Sharper Image website.

By 2005, Sharper Image opened its 200th store and exceeded US $700 million in retail sales. Clever marketing campaigns using celebrities were displayed on large billboards in major American cities like New York.

ThreeSixty Group purchased Sharper Image in 2017 with a vision to bring back the brand’s position as a product and trend leader.

Today, the vision of Sharper Image hasn’t changed, yet evolved. Under the notion of “Tomorrow’s Tomorrow”, each product is designed to be visionary, timeless and leave a memorable experience for those that use it.