There are a few good things about WalMart losing their fabric dept.
#42
Originally Posted by Shemjo
According to friends, the nearest Wal-Mart still has a fabric department becasue there are no other fabric stores nearby. I haven't been in to check it out, so I don't know if they have any good stuff on sale. I may have to break down and scout them out. I do not shop Wal-Mart as I don't agree with their policies, so I don't support them!
#43
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Location: Sarasota, FL
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Our local WalMart has closed it's fabric department as it is also remodeling it's store. However, last year, I asked the salesperson in the fabric department if they were going to close and she said no way. I asked her if the fabric from other stores are sent to the stores that still have fabric departments? She said no again. However, she had a bunch of partial bolts to mark and put up that had just come in. This is what she told me, that they had just come in.
So, I would imagine that when a fabric departmentt closes down, the fabric is shipped to another store. You know they aren't going to just pitch the fabric or donate it, don't you?
So, I would imagine that when a fabric departmentt closes down, the fabric is shipped to another store. You know they aren't going to just pitch the fabric or donate it, don't you?
#45
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The Walmart in my town took out the fabric dept. when they referbed but I have 2 new Walmarts within 20 miles of me and both of them put in fabric departments when they opened. There is also one a little farther away and it has a fabric dept., too. I am not sure how old that store is but has not been there very long.
#46
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A friend of mine who works in the craft dept. at Walmart told me that is how they are doing away with the craft dept.
I hate to see it go, as a lot of the elderly people in our area are not able to pay $8 10 $12 a yard for material at the local quilt shops.
I hate to see it go, as a lot of the elderly people in our area are not able to pay $8 10 $12 a yard for material at the local quilt shops.
#49
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Location: Downeast Maine
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I live in Ellsworth Maine and they are closing our fabric dept in our new supercenter (we will only have a salvage place for fabric because of being in a rural area) but leaving it open in the new Bangor supercenter right by JoAnns. They are closing it in the Brewer supercenter which will be 20 miles from the Bangor supercenter,
#50
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I live in NY, also. Most of the Walmarts here have closed their fabric departments, and the ones that are still open, are saying theirs will close too. I have emailed and called the main offices several times, but they still are closing. I have even told them they will lose my business because of this. Luckily there is a Joann's store nearby. And I buy a lot online, too, now.
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