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The Sharper Image, the 31-year-old purveyor of futuristic adult gadgetry like $5,000 massage chairs and $300 robotic vacuum cleaners, has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of slipping sales, stiffening competition and image problems over its Ionic Breeze air purifiers.
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Another catalog retailer, the housewares and trinkets seller Lillian Vernon, also filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, citing a decade of slumping business.