I am a former JoAnn's employee and yes the company rules the stores. Our JoAnn's was one of the smaller ones but had been making strides in sales because of knowledgeable sales people and a manager that was ever so helpful. Corporate put a new person (at corporate) over the store and he decided we were not making "his" bottom line so they closed the store. Merchandise was not transferred to another store, it was liquidated but the sale price was more than it would have been had it been on sale at the store. In less than 3 months after this happened the
corporate person was relieved of duties. So here we are without a Jo
ann's unless we want to drive 30 miles. We did have a bathroom but had to unlock it and stand nearby while the customer used it. Yes, we hired some "warm bodies" which didn't last long. I am totally disgusted with the
fact that everything is on sale so you can't use a coupon. Why don't they
quit printing the flyers and just mark everything down more with what theysave!?