Sharper Image and ARG Sign Licensing Agreement for Kitchen Utensils

Business Wire, March 15, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sharper Image Corporation (Pink Sheets:SHRPQ) today announced that it has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with ARG Manufacturing, Inc. ("ARG"), a market leader with more than 30 years experience making high quality kitchen utensils, kitchen tools, bakeware and barbecue tools. This agreement is the twelfth licensing agreement signed by Sharper Image's Brand Licensing Division. The Division was established in February 2007 to enable leading manufacturers to license The Sharper Image brand across a broad range of product categories.

Under this agreement, ARG will offer high quality, Sharper Image brand food preparation tools such as spatulas, spoons, ladles, whisks, slicers, and peelers, as well as other kitchen gadgets such as salad spinners, pizza cutters, ice cream scoops, and mandolin slicers. The license will also include bakeware and barbecue tools and tool sets for sale in kitchen departments. These products will be designed specifically to meet the quality, excitement and innovation attributes that are associated with The Sharper Image brand. The first products will be available in the fall of 2008.

John W. Spotts, Senior Vice-President, Brand Licensing for Sharper Image, said, "We are very pleased to have ARG as a new licensee. This new license marks an expanded presence in kitchen products for The Sharper Image. Unique kitchen products with innovative features are an important category for the brand and these high quality tools and bakeware will enhance our customers' kitchen experience."

Joseph Van Houten, President of ARG, added, "We believe The Sharper Image brand is an excellent fit with our innovative designs and high quality manufacturing process. We view this as a long-term opportunity to build The Sharper Image brand into an important player in the kitchen products category."

About Sharper Image

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 better and more enjoyable. The Company's principal selling channels include Sharper Image specialty stores throughout the United States; the award-winning Sharper Image monthly catalog; and its primary Website, www.sharperimage.com. The Company also has business-to-business sales teams for marketing its exclusive and proprietary products for corporate incentive and reward programs and wholesale to selected U.S. and international retailers.

About ARG Manufacturing, Inc.

ARG Manufacturing is an international "factory direct" solution for Kitchen Tools & Gadgets, Silicone & Non-Stick Bakeware, Cleaning Products and other non-electric items for the home. In house design and production teams allow ARG to streamline product development and provide a supply chain model with improved efficiencies in Asia and North America. Our mission is to be the Creative, Manufacturing and Supply Chain source for Retail Channels through Private Label Manufacturing and utilizing ARG & Licensed brands under our management. More information on ARG Manufacturing can be found at www.argmfg.com.

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