Wal-Mart will obey the bottom line, for sure, whether there is competition or not, or 20 million signatures.
I hate to say "I read somewhere," and not be able to give chapter and verse, but I remember reading recently that Wal-Mart wants to generate $400 income per square foot of store. No time was mentioned--$400 per year? week? month? Whatever the time frame, it's a lot of moolah, and as long as I've been buying from Wal-Mart, I haven't paid yet for a square foot.
I see fewer quilts in my future if I must buy on-line, at JoAnn's, or a LQS if one happens to pop up within driving range.
How is a buyers' club organized and funded? Buying by the bolt and parceling it out to members--would it work? Are there any in existence now?
Well, we are a creative bunch, so we'll find a way, just as our forebears did.