Sharper Image Corp. reported sales of $34.5 million for August, up 40% from $24.6 million last August.
Catalog sales skyrocketed 81% to $11.4 million from last August’s $6.3 million.
The San Francisco-based cataloger and retailer attributed much of the gain in catalog sales to new test programs in wholesale catalogs, a program it has recently expanded. Without that element catalog sales would have risen only 38%.
Web-based sales rose 2% to $3.6 million from $3 million.
Total store sales increased 27% to $19.5 million from $15.3 million.
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