The Crazy 8's story began in 1993 in one of North America's principal retail testing grounds, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Founded by Rob Matthews, an upbeat retailer with 20+ year of business experience, Crazy 8's has evolved to being a market inventor in delivering a unique shopping experience focused on a friendly, upbeat and relaxed environment with great prices and a phenomenal array of products. Crazy 8's Basic Essentials is categorized as a small format home specialty store that provides basic essentials for home life. Think of Crazy8s as a hybrid between some of the traditional dollar store items such as greeting cards (also carried by Hallmark) to wrought iron furniture sets (such as carried by Peir 1 imports). © Crazy Eight's Basic Essentials