Fabric Returning to Wal-Mart : Report from Wall Street.
#221
Despite what seems to be the current rumor, I'll believe it when I see it. So far here nothing has changed at all and no one in the department seems to know of anything either. Glad I'm not holding my breath.
#222
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Originally Posted by quiltluvr
Despite what seems to be the current rumor, I'll believe it when I see it. So far here nothing has changed at all and no one in the department seems to know of anything either. Glad I'm not holding my breath.
#223
it sounds like fabrics are most likely to return in communities where fabric shoppers band together and speak up in large enough numbers. management will not keep or return fabrics unless they believe it will help the bottom line. that's business.
we have at least got them to reconsider the decision and to realize it may not have helped that bottom line.
the next step, if you want wally fabs in your community, is to search out the others who want it and to send a loud, consistent, positive message to management: "if you rack it, we will come. if you bolt it, we will buy." ;-)
we have at least got them to reconsider the decision and to realize it may not have helped that bottom line.
the next step, if you want wally fabs in your community, is to search out the others who want it and to send a loud, consistent, positive message to management: "if you rack it, we will come. if you bolt it, we will buy." ;-)
#225
I made another post on my findings this past Thursday, I stopped by my local Walmart ( 1 hr drive from my house).
The fabric dept was about the same size, (which had been made smaller during remodel.
However, a sign was hanging that said fabric/notions. We still have our cutting table, and there are 2 rows of fabric on a bolt.
They have thread, batting, new fabric, still wrapped in plastic.
Christmas fabric, then in the center aisle between paint and electronics are square tubs, there is wide flannel, in the others is $2.00 yd cotton on bolts, most of it the same or similar pattern. In others was cotton fabric marked 3.96 to 4.96. It looks like more fabric to me
The fabric dept was about the same size, (which had been made smaller during remodel.
However, a sign was hanging that said fabric/notions. We still have our cutting table, and there are 2 rows of fabric on a bolt.
They have thread, batting, new fabric, still wrapped in plastic.
Christmas fabric, then in the center aisle between paint and electronics are square tubs, there is wide flannel, in the others is $2.00 yd cotton on bolts, most of it the same or similar pattern. In others was cotton fabric marked 3.96 to 4.96. It looks like more fabric to me
#226
Our Walmart did away with our fabric and most of crafts dept. last spring. The workers in our fabric dept saved our fabric once by having customers call in to the corporate headquarters to complain. It worked a couple of years ago, but not this time. I hope they give us back our fabric and craft dept.
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Originally Posted by DeniseP
Our Walmart did away with our fabric and most of crafts dept. last spring. The workers in our fabric dept saved our fabric once by having customers call in to the corporate headquarters to complain. It worked a couple of years ago, but not this time. I hope they give us back our fabric and craft dept.
#230
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they just opened our "new" from the ground up "super" wallyworld and no fabric dept. just a few shelves of tacky material precut. not much else. i think the story by wall street made a mistake or wallyworld lied to someone. being on SSDI it makes it hard to have much unless i find a good sale on ebay or at joann's with a coupon. it sucks being poor and having an expensive hobby. but life goes on and we make do.
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