Until recently I was employeed at Joanns and I can tell you that the stores don't have any choice in what they get. All items were shipped from headquarters. Of course they do handle special orders but not the stock that is on the floor. Seems like here in S Fl we didn't get much Christmas fabric at all. Guess they feel that people in Florida are all retired and don't do any thing.!!!!! How wrong can they be? Maybe the takeover will be a good thing.