Thread: No more magazines at Hobby Lobby?

Did Hobby Lobby stop carrying magazines? I was in our store yesterday and there were NO magazines. Not one. The usual racks were filled with books. Not a single magazine. Asked a clerk and she pointed to the rack. I said "All books, no magazines". She had no idea why. Sorry to see this since I often buy a quilt or craft mag there, esp w the 40% off coupon ... ??

I have noticed this the last two weeks. Hard enough finding quilting magazines as it is.

Subscriptions are cheaper. With online info so prevalent ....magazines are closing down.
Sandy

WOW. I don't get to Hobby Lobby to often but I like looking thru the magazines to see if there was something I wanted to buy. We need to send emails to the corporate office. Subscriptions to magazines are not getting cheaper. Tried to renew my subscriptions to Quilter's World and there was nothing offer like the deal with my first subscription. They give you huge discounts to hook you in and then they want full price. At least they allow you to look at small photos of what is in their magazines so I am just going to check quarterly to see if I want to buy a digital copy.

Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

WOW. I don't get to Hobby Lobby to often but I like looking thru the magazines to see if there was something I wanted to buy. We need to send emails to the corporate office. Subscriptions to magazines are not getting cheaper. Tried to renew my subscriptions to Quilter's World and there was nothing offer like the deal with my first subscription. They give you huge discounts to hook you in and then they want full price. At least they allow you to look at small photos of what is in their magazines so I am just going to check quarterly to see if I want to buy a digital copy.

Agree ! Maybe if a lot of us who shop HL email Corporate, they may reconsider ...
I subscribe to just 2 quilt mags currently, I used to get at least 5-6 for years. Like you, when they don't offer longtime subscribers a BETTER rate or keep raising renewal rates, compared to NEW subscribers, well they sure lost me !! No wonder most magazines are struggling these days ...
I'd rather choose issues when I see a good one on the newsstand. I also like to buy the "special" quilt issues that come out seasonally, you can't subscribe to most of those. It was nice to use a coupon for those at HL, and Joann's doesn't allow coupons for magazines.

I'm pretty sure an independent stocks the magazines. Maybe there is no one doing that job in the area right now.

Our HL still has magazines up front in racks.