Sharper Image Introduces Hot+Cold Snack Box

Personal Electronic Mini ``Fridge'' Keeps Water, Food and Drinks Cold, Fresh and Ready to Enjoy. Hot Option, Too.
Oct. 15, 2001-- The newest product innovation from The Sharper Image Corp. (Nasdaq:SHRP) is the "Hot+Cold Snack Box," a kind of miniature refrigerator that keeps cold drinks cold -- or hot foods hot -- with the flip of a switch.

Invented by Sharper Image Design(TM), the Company's product development group, the Hot+Cold Snack Box is aimed at the full spectrum of modern office-workers -- from those whose healthy habits include drinking bottled water throughout the day, to those who barely pause to eat at their desks or in their cars.

The Hot+Cold Snack Box is available exclusively through The Sharper Image's more than 100 retail stores, the Company's mail-order catalog and its e-commerce Web site, www.sharperimage.com.

Instead of liquid refrigerant or a noisy motor, the Hot+Cold Snack Box features clean, quiet, environmentally friendly Peltier Effect electronics to actually chill beverages that start out warm. Slide the switch to "Cold" and the interior rapidly drops to 42 degrees F. For keeping hot foods, slide the selector switch to "Hot" and the miniature heat pump will instantly reverse the flow of electricity and the interior temperature will quickly rise to 140 degrees F.

"The Hot+Cold Snack Box is attractive and small enough to fit into any environment," said Richard Thalheimer, Sharper Image's founder, chairman and chief executive officer. "It readily holds a six-pack of refreshment, plus a sandwich, fruit and snacks and keeps them ready to enjoy by a desk, next to an easy chair, near a work bench, in a dorm room, or even on a vehicle's passenger seat."

The Hot+Cold Snack Box comes with both an AC adapter for plugging into a wall outlet and a 12v DC adapter for plugging into a vehicle's dashboard power socket.

About The 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 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 more than 100 stores throughout the United States 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 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. The Company also markets its products through business-to-business sales for corporate marketing programs and wholesale customers.

SOURCE Businesswire