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Brookstone Introduces New Tool to Improve Gas Mileage and Road
Safety with Smart Pressure(TM) Tire Gauge -- Endorsed by AAA in NY-Area
Patent-Pending Color-Coded Display Makes Checking and Maintaining Proper Tire
Pressure Quick, Easy and Accurate
NASHUA, N.H., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Drivers who want to improve
fuel efficiency and road safety can take matters in their own hands, literally,
with the new Smart Pressure(TM) Tire Gauge from product-development retailer
Brookstone, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKST).
Designed and engineered by Brookstone and endorsed by the Automobile Club of
New York and AAA New Jersey, the Smart Pressure Tire Gauge retails for $35 and
is available at all Brookstone stores around the country and online at
http://www.brookstone.com/. The Smart Pressure Tire Gauge features a color-
coded, digital display that allows motorists to check and maintain proper tire
pressure quickly, easily and accurately to maximize fuel efficiency and improve
road safety.
"We've tested the Brookstone Smart Pressure Tire Gauge and believe it's an
important tool to help motorists maintain proper tire pressure, which increases
fuel efficiency and is one of the single most critical actions motorists can
take to avoid potentially fatal tire failures," said Pam Fischer, Vice
President of Public Affairs for AAA New Jersey. "Because of its color-coded,
digital display, the Smart Pressure Tire Gauge is easy to use and a product
motorists should keep in their glove compartments for use on a regular basis."
Along with improving road safety, proper tire pressure also maximizes fuel
economy, something important to all motorists as gas prices continue climbing
to new record highs.
"The Smart Pressure Tire Gauge embodies the Brookstone philosophy that great
design and high quality don't have to be expensive," said Brookstone Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Anthony. "Given the critical
importance of tire inflation to vehicle safety and fuel efficiency, we set out
to design and develop a product that would make checking tire pressure quick,
easy and most importantly, accurate for customers."
The Smart Pressure Tire Gauge electronically compares actual PSI with a
vehicle's recommended tire pressure. When inserted into the tire valve, the
Smart Pressure Tire Gauge provides a big-digit, easy-to-read display comparing
the actual tire pressure with the targeted level, and colored screen prompts
showing green for fill (if tire is under-inflated), red for bleed (if tire is
over-inflated) and blue if the actual PSI matches the target. It also includes
a bleeder valve for manually reducing the PSI if a motorist overfills the tire.
The product can store two settings for different PSI levels for front and back
tires, or for two vehicles.
About Brookstone, Inc.
Brookstone, Inc. is a product development and multi-channel retail company that
operates 274 Brookstone Brand stores nationwide and in Puerto Rico. Typically
located in high-traffic regional shopping malls and airports, the stores
feature unique and innovative consumer products. The Company also operates
three stores under the Gardeners Eden Brand, and a direct marketing business
that consists of three catalogs titles -- Brookstone, Hard-to-Find Tools and
Gardeners Eden -- as well as e-commerce web sites at http://www.brookstone.com/
and http://www.gardenerseden.com/.
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about the Company's confidence or expectations, earnings, anticipated
operations of its e-commerce sites and those of third-party service providers,
and other statements about the Company's operational outlook, are
forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those set forth in such
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limitation, risks of changing market conditions in the overall economy and the
retail industry, consumer demand, the effectiveness of e-commerce technology
and marketing efforts, availability of products, availability of adequate
transportation of such products, and other factors detailed from time to time
in the Company's annual and other reports filed with the Securities and
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of the date thereof. The Company undertakes no obligations to publicly release
any revisions to these forward-looking statements or reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof.
Contact:
Robert Padgett
(603) 577-8097
DATASOURCE: Brookstone, Inc.
CONTACT: Robert Padgett of Brookstone, +1-603-577-8097,
Web site: http://www.brookstone.com/