Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter
Worked at Joann's for years - the highest-profit departments are home decor fabrics, notions, and paper-crafting (in that order). They've yet to expand their selection of notions of late but Home Dec fabric is exploding. Yeah, we're bottom on the totem pole. Then again, maybe it's because we buy only half-yards at a time, of a bazillion different fabrics. lol
Probably the reason home dec is doing so well is because Joann's has such great prices. My mom has a custom drapery business and sells her own fabrics and middle of the road priced fabrics are like $40 a yard!!! I remember when we first started the business those same fabrics were under $5 a yard