Source: Union Tribune
By Mae Anderson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
6:58 a.m. February 20, 2008
NEW YORK – Troubled retailers Sharper Image Corp. and Lillian Vernon Corp. have filed for bankruptcy, pointing to the effects of a weak holiday season and a struggling economy.
Both Sharper Image, known for its high-tech novelty gadgets, and Lillian Vernon, which sells low-cost gifts and gadgets through its catalog and Web site, have long been plagued with falling sales…..
