Sharper Image Sharper Image, once an American mall mainstay, filed for bankruptcy protection last March and went into liquidation two months later. A group of investors bought the remains of the company with plans of recycling the name.Erik S. Lesser / Bloomberg News Copyright © 2017, The Baltimore Sun, a Baltimore Sun Media Group publication | Place an Ad Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Target Corp. Best Buy Co., Inc. Circuit City Stores Inc.