At a new Super store in Cincinnati, I was told they would definitely close....soon. At another older store, I was told that the store manager says it will be good for at least another year. The dept mgr is asking people to phone Wal-Mart offices because there are few economical places to buy fabrics. I told her about the on-line petition. She had not heard about it.
I just checked and the signature total is over 22,000.
Elsewhere I have read that the petition is useless. We would like to think the power of the pen is worth the effort.