I think the importance of the rank and file employee is totally under estimated. They can make or break a store. Before the cut back in the fabric department at our local Walmart there was a woman in the department that would order a lot of fabric. Just a group of fabrics that didn't sell for some reason. Great buys of upper end fabrics. Even at $2 a yard, she said the store made a profit. Loved to go through the stack because the deals were great. In there often just to see what they added. Now I go in but the fabric never seems to change and the price is 4.97 per yard or higher. No fun, no deals.