Sky Mall
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Sky Mall is a catalog that is distributed to airline passengers generally in the seat pocket in front of their seat, that customers can order from using the on board airplane telephones or after leaving the aircraft. The catalog distributes products from a number of luxury good and specialty manufacturers. In these respects it is most analogous to retailers like The Sharper Image (whose products Skymall carries) or Brookstone.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Sky Mall is a joint venture of The Greenspun Corporation and Spire Capital.
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[edit] History
Sky Mall was founded in 1990[1] by Bob Worsley. Originally the catalog distributed its own goods and operated warehouses, promising same day fulfillment to airports, a promise that nearly bankrupted the company.[citation needed] The company has changed strategies, and now features goods from other companies' catalogs.
[edit] Departments
- Apparel & Accessories
- Automotive & Hardware
- Computers
- Electronics
- Health & Wellness
- Home Living
- Office
- Outdoor Living
- Pets
- Seasonal
- Sporting Goods
- Toys, Hobbies & Collectibles
- Travel
[edit] Participating stores
- VEGAS.com
- LasVegas.com
- Alsto's
- Diversions Catalog
- Driving Comfort by AutoSport
- Footsmart
- Frontgate
- Gadget Universe
- Hammacher Schlemmer
- Improvements
- Plow and Hearth
- Sharper Image
- Steiner Sports
- Successories
- TigerDirect
- The Greatest Gift
- Brookstone
[edit] Popular culture
Sky Mall is often parodied in shows for selling sometimes unusual products. In 2006, comedy troupe Kasper Hauser released the book "SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy from a Plane" as an unauthorized parody of the Sky Mall catalogue. It features absurd products such as a Banana-Organizer, Self-Pepper Spray, Llama Cycle, and Living-Room Beluga Aquarium.
There is a song called "SkyMall" by Jonathan Coulton in which he brought nothing to read on a plane and started shopping.
