FYI - Walmart
06-21-2010, 04:33 AM
#52
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A friend who works for Walmart explained that Walmart will only be carrying fabric in stores where the fabric really sells. They're removing the fabric from stores not bringing in enough money. When the economy tanks all businesses look for ways to maintain maximum profit, so the areas where there is little profit, get closed out.
06-21-2010, 04:42 AM
#53
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My WalMart had 5 yard bolts for $5.00 yesterday. I've never seen that before. The fabrics weren't what I would typically buy 5 yards of, but could be nice for little girl sundresses, or pillowcases, etc.
06-21-2010, 04:46 AM
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I went to one of the few Walmarts in MD in Germantown and nada, nothing, not even a cut piece or fat quarter and the store was jammed and not a soul in over an hour came thru Celebrations. Guess they have no winner there.
06-21-2010, 04:53 AM
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Our Local WalMart was just Remodeled and yes I found that they are doing this, It seems to be nice fabric but you can not buy from a bolt, also their fat quarters are a dollar! Not bad It was nice to see fabric in the store again.
06-21-2010, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Windwalker
Our Wal-Mart emptied the fabric department about a year ago. Tonight I chewed on the store manager about not having the fabric. Evidently I wasn't the only one he has received complaints from. He said the fabric department was always in the hole. Because some of the employees didn't know how to measure and would over shoot by a couple of inches. So at the end of the year when they did inventory with lots of material over cut and not paid for, they were in the hole.
So what's HIS excuse for NOT training HIS employees correctly / or keeping people around who didn't care what they were doing ??
Or maybe some were going home with that "extra" fabric ... ?
06-21-2010, 06:53 AM
#58
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I'll bet enough of us have complained and they're trying to accomodate us in some way without having to open an entire fabric department again. Service was always horrible back there anyway. In a pinch it might work because they are open later than most and some are 24 hours.
06-21-2010, 07:00 AM
#60
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There was a rumor about Walmart not carrying fabric any more so they are discounting what they have. I live in Phoenix, AZ. One of the Walmarts have already removed all fabric, yet the other one north of me has tons. Something about the remodeling of the Walmart stores every 5 years and they remove the depts that are not cost effective. That is what I was told from a Walmart employee. from, Debbie in AZ.
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