Sharper Image® Brings The Wow Back to Holiday Shopping, Returning to Retail with Experiential Times Square Pop-Up Shop

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The holiday shopping season is off to a flying start, quite literally, with the opening of the first-ever Sharper Image® pop-up shop in Times Square, built to bring the wow, the wonder and the joy back to gifting by inviting hands-on, try-before-you buy experiences. That whir over your head? Sharper Image drones navigating an aerial obstacle course. That impishly grinning kid-at-heart over in the next aisle? Thank the snap-on gadget that turned her smartphone into a VR viewer.

The two-story pop-up at 4 Times Square returns Sharper Image to retail this holiday season, inviting New Yorkers and visitors from across the country, and around the world, to Shop Sharper by offering a curated selection of premium gifts for play and the home, at prices worth celebrating. It's high-tech, high-touch, high quality, minus the high price tag.

For those who can't make it to 42^nd and Broadway, items featured at the Sharper Image pop-up can be found nationwide at major retailers such as Target, Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond. Among Sharper Image items sure to delight this holiday season, and well beyond:

• Drone FPV: first-person POV lets you see what the drone sees, with video that streams right to your smartphone equipped with VR viewer (included), and auto landing and take-off for maximum control ($119.99) 
• RC Action Flip Stunt Rally Vehicle: two cars in one! Dual sided flip design lets it perform 360-degree spins and flips, complete with high-performance rubber tires and extra-bright LED headlights ($19.99)
• Memory Foam Pillow with Cool Touch Cover: there's never a "wrong" side of the pillow! Vented airflow with ice cool fibers keep you cool, while natural bamboo charcoal keeps odors under control and Visco elastic memory foam molds to your body ($49.99)
• Robotosaur: run him into a wall, he gets angry and roars, his eyes changing to match his mood. Wave your hands over his nose, he calms back down. With a motion detector-powered "hunt mode," Fido and Fluffy have some new competition ($99.99)

"Sharper Image has always invited discovery of, and hands-on experiences with the best in tech-enabled gear for fun and home, at accessible prices and exceptional value," said David Conn, Chief Executive Officer at Sharper Image brand owner ‎ThreeSixty Group. "Our holiday selection, available at our exciting Times Square pop-up, and America's leading retailers, showcases what Sharper Image is all about today, and that's having fun!"

About Sharper Image/ThreeSixty Group
Sharper Image brand owner ThreeSixty Group, originally known as MerchSource, was founded in Southern California in 1999. Today, ThreeSixty designs, sources and distributes consumer products across diverse categories under a portfolio of owned and licensed brands. The Company provides curated merchandise programs which it distributes to major retailers across almost every retail channel in the U.S. representing over 70,000 retail stores. In 2015, ThreeSixty received a majority investment from AEA investors LP, one of the oldest private equity firms in the U.S.

SOURCE Sharper Image