It seems like the brick and mortar general fabric stores have been on the decline for some time. My go-to stores when I lived in Phoenix were Cloth World and House of Fabrics. There was also Sally's in Mesa and 35th Avenue Fsbrics on the west side - which is doing great guns as a quilting destination. I rarely if ever went to Hancocks - our closest store always seemed messy. And when I stopped getting the mailers - I won't drive down just to browse and hope they had something I liked, wanted or needed. We do have Mary Jo's in Gastonia, NC but it is changing too. Mary Jo is in an older people place and her son is running the store. They added Babylock and some furniture a few years back, and have now reduced the quilting fabrics and regular fabrics - they seem to be going the upholstery way. But they still have a great selection of quilt fabrics and I will drive the 50 miles or so to go. Plus there is a great quilt store close by and Tony's Ice Cream too.
All kind of a shame as sewing has been growing by leaps and bounds.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC