WALMART - FABRIC BOLTS RETURN
04-12-2011, 07:52 AM
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we had this topic going already and it is now "locked"...not sure why..
BUT you need to know that not ALL WM's will be bringing back fabric...it must have been making money on the fabric and be in a rural area...that is what the Corporate man told me on the phone 3 weeks ago!
Our WM will be one to NOT get it back because even though our Fabric dept. made money, we are not a rural area..go figure...
BUT you need to know that not ALL WM's will be bringing back fabric...it must have been making money on the fabric and be in a rural area...that is what the Corporate man told me on the phone 3 weeks ago!
Our WM will be one to NOT get it back because even though our Fabric dept. made money, we are not a rural area..go figure...
04-12-2011, 08:04 AM
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Wal-mart has always carried fabrics here in this Idaho store. They did cut down on how much fabric they carried because that department is smaller. I just wish they carried a little better quality as some of those cotton fabrics are so thin.
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04-12-2011, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Deborahlees
I guess we will have to read the bolts, just like we need to do on everything else. we really should try very hard to only buy Made in America for everything.
04-12-2011, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by EagarBeez
I read it too, it's suppose to be starting in May. From what it looks like it will be happening in ALL stores. They should never have removed what they did
We were told 3 weeks that our area is not considered rural even though we supply all the goods for many surrounding rural towns..so we will NOT be getting fabric back...
we also lost our Hancock fabrics at the same year WM pulled theirs...that leaves us with a hobby lobby that does not carry much fabric at all....for nearly 150K people!
04-12-2011, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
I've heard several folks say WM's fabrics are not good. But some are the same fabrics sold at JoAnn's.
VIP cranston USED to be really good in the 80's..then they sold a lot of their lines to WM to produce and it really went downhill....
Just because Joanns and/or Hancocks sells it, does not make it any better or worse than Walmart having it...
I used to be a buyer for one of those companies and worked in management at another...I know the lines well and I know what to expect in quality...both have changed drastically over the last 10 years and not always for the better.
When Wm decided to STOP selling fabric..where do you suppose those fabric makers sold the fabric....to Hancock's and Joanns...after all, the fabric was made and in wharehouses..so it had to be sold somewhere...... :lol:
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