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#12
Originally Posted by patti-cakes
"Life's Little Occasions," according to the report. "
I know years ago when the trade was opened to Mexico, the phase to get cheap labor was called "outsourcing", and it caused plants to be shut down here in USA because they could get it cheaper in Mexico. I know my job was lost to this, they outsourced the labor to Mexico and because they kept the engineering side in the USA, they could still stamp the parts made in the USA. The guys that went down there to train workers was amazed at the labor force. They had rows and rows of manufacturer's of all types and buses of people brought in each day; and depending on what you served for lunch that day and pay would depend on how many or type of workers you would get. I don't see how this benefited the company profits if it was a constant change over of workers.
Sorry for the rant but this is a sore subject to me. I gave that company 23+years, my mother had 37 years with them and some of the workers let go it was their only job when it closed.
#13
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
well, that ought to generate at least 27 pages. :lol:
jewelry shopping at Joann's? i think not. :lol:
jewelry shopping at Joann's? i think not. :lol:
#14
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
well, that ought to generate at least 27 pages. :lol:
jewelry shopping at Joann's? i think not. :lol:
jewelry shopping at Joann's? i think not. :lol:
#15
Originally Posted by raptureready
Let's hope this doesn't make them decrease their fabric selections. Our Joann's carries some really nice fabric at reasonable prices. Personally I wish they'd get rid of some of the garden, fake flower stuff, and Dollar Deal junk to make room for more fabric.
#17
I don't think the article means wide. I think it means shelf space. They are increasing the shelf space of the jewelry department from 88 to 120 feet which seems like an outrageous amount but jewelry usually hangs so that would convert to square feet and it's not as much "space" as it sounds like. The newly renovated and relocated Super Joann's that I went to yesterday has the fabric and several other items on very tall rolling carts so they can re-arrange entire departments of stuff in minutes. Still got the same old dollar store crap at the front, though. What's up with that?
#19
Originally Posted by BKrenning
I don't think the article means wide. I think it means shelf space. They are increasing the shelf space of the jewelry department from 88 to 120 feet which seems like an outrageous amount but jewelry usually hangs so that would convert to square feet and it's not as much "space" as it sounds like. The newly renovated and relocated Super Joann's that I went to yesterday has the fabric and several other items on very tall rolling carts so they can re-arrange entire departments of stuff in minutes. Still got the same old dollar store crap at the front, though. What's up with that?
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
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The local Joann's recently remodeled. "Rightsizing" they called it and is now two-thirds the size it was originally. Still carrying less than half sewing-related items and fabrics. Their yarn and embroidery department is quite complete, but who expects to find lamps, fake flowers, greeting cards, etc. in a fabric store?
Anyhow, thank goodness for their coupons.
Anyhow, thank goodness for their coupons.
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