Post #362370 by Mr. NoNaMe on Wed, Feb 20, 2008 7:27 AM

Most here on TC have long outgrown Target for our own personal collections,

If anyone cares to reread Christiki295s....There are actually two Qs posed. "Introduction to the mainstream" and "who has a better presentation." This seems like two different questions to me.

Introduction 1 b. To present to the public for the first time.
Presentation 6. The process of offering for consideration or display.

CT295, is the question more along the lines of, "When you (anyone) decided to get into tiki where did you go, T or TB?" or "Where did you notice tiki first, T or TB?"

I still have to say that the answer to the subject post is Target. In 25 years of going to target (500-1000 times?) I know I have seen tiki there prior to me stepping one foot into a TB.
As far as the second Q, presentation, still Target. So far everyone seems to have decided that TB is more about "Island Style." That leads me to believe that most consider it "not tiki"

Chris, your quote above shouldn't have anything to do with your posed question. Right? Once outgrown, one is already beyond "introduced." That is where Tommy Bahama comes in I think. After the consumer has become of age, wealth and/or knowledge they stop buying certain things at Target.

Nowadays we have knowledge at our fingertips. However, you cannot just google something that you have never heard of or seen. Odds are greater that one has noticed tiki at Target before Tommy B's.

I hope this sounded sensible, poorly presented & written, but sensible. Or not :blush: :)