With research, I have surmised ... I have 5 Wal*Marts in my area. Only ONE has retained a full fabric dept. Their Manager noticed that every time another Wal*Mart closed out it's fabric ... his profits went UP *duh*
In my little area, we have 120 quilt guilds. I don't know how many teachers (they cover their cork boards with every upcoming holiday).
There are more folks trying to fix this than you might know.
Just a lil FYI