trinkets

I am always amazed at what is offered for tourists to buy. In alaska, every town had these big jewelry stores (probably owned by the same firm out of Schenectady) that all seemed to offer the same spendy stuff.
These objects make no sense to me at all, but the picture is sort of interesting.
When I go to the dollar store, I find it filled with stuff like this. I ask: Who in the world authorized making this junk in the first place?
If someone gave it to me I'd hide it!