12.11.2007 14:00:00
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Sharper Image Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement With Moneual Lab for GPS Navigational Devices
Sharper Image Corporation (NASDAQ:SHRP) today announced the signing of a
multiyear licensing agreement with Polaris Media Research, Inc. d/b/a
Moneual Lab, a leading manufacturer and distributor of GPS Navigation
Devices ("Moneual Lab”).
The product line will be manufactured by Ubistar, one of Korea’s
top manufacturers of GPS receivers.
Under the agreement, Moneual Lab will offer handheld GPS Navigation
Systems that represent the values of quality, excitement and innovation
associated with The Sharper Image brand. The products will feature a
state-of-the-art, user friendly interface that will make Sharper Image
GPS receivers unique in the market. Other features include multimedia
functions such as MP3 playback, image viewing and games. The units will
also be loaded with over 6 million points of interest. The first Sharper
Image GPS products will be launched in early 2008 at leading mid-tier
and better retailers.
John W. Spotts, Senior Vice-President, Brand Licensing for The Sharper
Image, said: "This license is a close fit with
The Sharper Image brand and customer demographics, and we are thrilled
to have such a strong, proven partner in this rapidly growing category.”
Scott Park, Senior Vice President of Moneual Lab, added: "We
are tremendously excited about this license agreement with The Sharper
Image. With the support and cutting edge technology that we will bring
to Sharper Image GPS systems, we feel that we will offer high quality
and unique convenience that will enhance travel of all kinds.” About Sharper Image
The Sharper Image (‘The Company”)
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 186 Sharper Image specialty stores throughout the United States;
the award-winning Sharper Image monthly catalog; and its primary Web
site, 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 Moneual Lab
Moneual Lab is a leading home entertainment system solutions provider
based in Irvine, California. Specializing in providing home media PC
technologies, Moneual offers premium class home entertainment systems
which incorporate some of the most advanced PC technologies including
water cooling power supply units, HDMI capable graphics cards, PCI HDTV
tuner cards, wireless video transmission, and a dual LCD remote control
system. Moneual is partnered with top technology companies such as
Intel, Microsoft, AMD, ASUS computer, and NVIDIA. Recently, Moneual has
extended its business capability into the GPS navigation market in
cooperation with UBISTAR in Korea.
About Ubistar
UBISTAR. Co, Ltd. was established in 1992 as a pioneer of GPS/GIS
solutions in Korea. The company is a global force in electronics,
information, and communications products. With outstanding manpower and
technology, UBISTAR is comprised of five main business companies
including GPA&LBS, DMB, CDMA WLL, VOIP, and WiBro. UBISTAR’s
goal is to enable the intelligent networking of digital products that
will make consumers’ lives better than ever.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements are based on the Sharper Image’s
("the Company’s”)
current plans, expectations, estimates, and projections about the
specialty retail industry and management's beliefs about the Company’s
future performance. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends,"
"plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates" or variations of such words
and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict
and which may cause the Company's actual results and performance to
differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in any such
forward-looking statements. Some of these risks and uncertainties are
discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2007 under "Risk
Factors”. These risks include, among other
factors, the success of its new business strategy, its ability to
continue to find or develop and to offer attractive merchandise to
customers, the market potential for products in design, the success of
its advertising efforts, changes in business and economic conditions,
risks associated with its retail store, catalog and Internet operations,
and changes in the competitive environment in which it operates. Unless
required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly
any forward-looking statements. However, readers should carefully review
the statements set forth in the reports, which the Company files from
time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly
its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and
its Current Reports on Form 8-K.
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