WOW! In shock.
#141
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Originally Posted by newbiequilter
But I don't understand how this all computes. If the fabric company is raising their price .50/yd to the stores how does that equate to $2-$3 increase/yd to the consumer. I have a friend who works for a fabric company and she verified the cotton situation. It also makes me angry that the stores are raising the prices on all the fabrics - even the ones they have had for a long time. I can see myself spending the next year making UFO's and working with the flannel I bought at JA on Black Friday @ $1.29/yd.
If it's small independent stores that you are talking about, then it would be common for them to double the wholesale cost to arrive at their retail price: a 50 cent increase on the wholesale level should play out to a $1 increase at retail.
It strikes me as unusual that a shop would mark up "old" fabrics, unless they are from a collection that's running. For instance, everybody knows that Kaufman's Kona cottons have gone up in price. It could be a bit awkward for a store to have some colors at one price and other colors at a different price.
#142
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
It strikes me as unusual that a shop would mark up "old" fabrics, unless they are from a collection that's running. For instance, everybody knows that Kaufman's Kona cottons have gone up in price. It could be a bit awkward for a store to have some colors at one price and other colors at a different price.
#143
I have not verified the price increase - I am basing that on postings on this site and info my friend, the fabric co. rep. I will be at my LQS on Monday for bunco so will check out their prices then. I did not look at anything at JA when I bought the flannel....I have a tendency to get a little testy at JA because of their store, the staff and their "sale" practices.
#145
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
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My SIL and I are planning at least one trip a year to the USA just to buy our fabric. Stocked up on notions in november. We got most of them on great sales 75% off what we pay here in Saskatchewan.
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