Post #219809 by Tipsy McStagger on Thu, Mar 9, 2006 7:22 PM

On 2006-03-09 07:05, exotica59 wrote:
Didn't Hala Kahiki get all their Witco Tiki carvings from Sears back in the 60's?
Glad to see that Sears is backing tiki again.

they got all their witco directly from the witco showrooms that were here in the 50's and 60's.....back when witco actually had showrooms where you can buy the stuff right outta the joint...

sadly, sears and target and such are really not "backing" tiki...they, like so many other big chains are just cashing in on the latest craze (once again) and all the suckers willing to be separted from their hard earned dollars in an endless pursuit of more low quality tiki crap to adorn their homes (however, I will note that some of it, but not much, qualifies as quality crap). no suprise, and I'm not saying they shouldn't sell it or that it's wrong, it just is what it is and it's good to keep that in perspective...after all, sears was capitalizing on the trend the first time around too!! it's just business....