What I heard at JoAnn's store today
#43
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No it WOULD NOT be a good thing...they already have too much of the market share, they have gobbled up too many other fabric store....thats called a monopoly. I've just recently had to go to walmart to buy Heat and BOnd lite because Joanns no longer carries it..they now carry some cheap plastic type of Pellon as its replacment.
#44
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Wal Mart got rid of some fabric departments and a class action law suit MADE them put them back, ladies said if they have sporting goods we we want fabric/crafts so they have put some back in. Our new family supercenter has a fabric/craft department and a lot of materal, but no more than old store. But up here in W central FL nearest JoAnn's or any other fabic store is 25 miles south (Spring Hill) or 40+ miles NW in Ocala. We have one fabric store and they sell same material as EM for $1-2 yard more but are great for other kinds of material, but not cheap.
#46
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A store employee was talking to a customer and said she the rumor going through the stores was that JoAnns was getting the contract to take over Walmart's fabric and craft dept. She didn't know more about it and it was just being talked about by the store manager. Hmmm, could be a good thing or maybe not.
#47
I've heard that RUMOR a number of times the last few years, and that's all it is ... a rumor ! It could happen someday, WM has a number of kiosk businesses already, so who knows ...
I'm not impressed by JoAnn's fabrics anyway, in our so-called "superstore" here they offer no more than in their regular stores. Can't imagine they would add much to WM ... except higher PRICES for mediocre fabrics !!
I'm not impressed by JoAnn's fabrics anyway, in our so-called "superstore" here they offer no more than in their regular stores. Can't imagine they would add much to WM ... except higher PRICES for mediocre fabrics !!
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#48
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I had to stop at WM late last night on my way home since it was the only place open. Walked through the fabric dept- truly poor quality fabrics at $5 - 7/yard! Loosely woven, heavily starched or sized fabrics that will shrink a lot when washed. I prewash everything, and don't buy fabric at WM. They seriously downsized the fabric dept about 4 years ago and moved it to the back of the store. Thread and binding selections also decreased. Driving 25 miles to a fabric store isn't feasible with the price of gas jumping over 17 cents in just the last week. Cotton prices came down a lot over the past 2 years, but fabric costs continue to rise.
Having said all that I still shop at Jo-Ann's; it's nearer and I can use coupons. But I don't hesitate to buy fabric at Wal-Mart, either. Some of it is better than fabric available at Jo-Ann's, and most of it is at least equal and much cheaper. We no longer have LQSs nor a Cloth World (do they still exist?) nor a Hancock's so those are not options. We do have Hobby Lobby--not very convenient to me--and of course if we choose to, we can drive 35 miles to Dallas--and get anything we want there. But in the meantime, I love that Wal-Mart has fabric!
#49
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I'm with Fabaddict, this rumor has been going around for years. Someone probably heard a person say, Joanne's should take over Wal Mart's fabric department.................and you remember the game Gossip? Wal Mart found out when they scrapped the fabric dept., they lost a large base of their customers. So it really was all about the money, in order to draw women back to the store, they had to bring in fabric and crafts again. It's the only reason I went to Wal Mart, then perhaps I'd pick up something on the way out. They have nothing I can't find someplace else.
#50
A store employee was talking to a customer and said she the rumor going through the stores was that JoAnns was getting the contract to take over Walmart's fabric and craft dept. She didn't know more about it and it was just being talked about by the store manager. Hmmm, could be a good thing or maybe not.
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