[0] Sharper Image Corporation to Host First Quarter Results Conference Call May 18.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 Sharper Image Corporation (Nasdaq:SHRP SHRP School of Health Related Professions SHRP Strategic Highway Research Program SHRP Society for Human Resource Professionals SHRP Small Habitat Restoration Program SHRP Scientific Human Resources Board ), a leading specialty retailer and manufacturer of new, innovative and high-quality products, announced today that, in conjunction with StreetFusion, it will host a May 18 conference call for the first quarter ended April 30, 2000. "I am excited about the opportunity to discuss our excellent first quarter results," said Richard Thalheimer Richard Thalheimer (born 1948) is founder, and former CEO and chairman of the Sharper Image Corporation. Thalheimer is a graduate of Hall High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Yale University (Class of 1970) and received a law degree from University of California, Hastings , founder, chairman and chief executive officer. "We have already announced outstanding first quarter sales results; a 32 percent increase in comparable store sales, 265 percent surge in Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the sales and a 45 percent increase in total sales. The conference call will give us an opportunity to discuss our significant bottom line improvement over last year. Tracy Wan, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and Jeff Forgan, senior vice-president and chief financial officer, will join me on the conference call," concluded Mr. Thalheimer. Conference Call Details The call will begin at 10 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT and will be available to the media. A live Web cast of the call will also be available to interested listeners at www.streetfusion.com. The Sharper Image is a specialty retailer that is nationally and internationally renowned as a leading source of new, innovative, high-quality products that make life easier and more enjoyable. A significant and growing proportion of sales are of proprietary products created by the Company's product development group, Sharper Image Design. The Company operates 90 stores throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and mails millions of its award-winning catalogs each month. The Company's products may also be purchased on the Internet via its online store at sharperimage.com. The Company also has an online auction site, where consumers can place bids to win Sharper Image products at lower prices. The auction site is accessed from the home page of the Company's Web site. This release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. regarding the Company's expected performance for future periods, and actual results for such periods may materially differ. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including risks of changing market conditions in the overall economy and the retail industry, consumer demand, the opening of new stores, actual advertising expenditures by the Company, the success of the Company's advertising and merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. strategy, availability of products, and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company's annual and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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