Sharper Image Posts September DM Sales Gains

Sharper Image Corp. reported total sales of $31.3 million for September, up 47% from $21.4 million one year ago.

The San Francisco firm’s catalog sales rose 48% to $9.8 million from $6.6 million. Internet sales, rose 29% to $3.9 million from $3 million.

Total store sales increased 50% to $17.7 million from $11.7 million.

With these results, the cataloger and retailer has revised its guidance to a five- to seven-cents per-share loss down from 10- to 12- cents.

“We believe these sales gains are especially noteworthy given the reported general weakness in September retail sales,” said CEO Richard Thalheimer, in a statement.