Our local Walmart threatened to close the fabric department. There are lots of artistic seniors in this town, so there was a total uproar. We managed to keep it open. Let's face it, customer service is nowhere what it used to be, at Walmart or anywhere else. I'm fortunate in that I'm rarely in a hurry, so I don't mind waiting at the fabric counter or going to get a store employee to cut fabric. I don't buy a lot of fabric there, but I certainly can't afford the prices at the LQS, unless it is on sale. Most of what I buy comes from online shopping. I don't know what our town would have been like if the fabric department had been removed.