I read several articles that said the head honchos at Walmart took out a lot of products that they thought were a waste of shelf space, but wound up losing LOT of money because customers only went in the stores for those particular products (i.e fabric), and would purchase other things only since they were already in the store. I hope they bring fabric back to my Walmart, but am not too hopeful since they expanded the automotive and sporting departments into the former fabric and craft area and the men around here just love hunting and fiddling with their trucks.