[jencar98]

Below is the response I received to my email from Walmart. It sounds a lot like the memorized speech I was given when I called, lol.


Thank you for your message.

Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the fabric department in your local
store. In keeping with our emphasis on being a store of the community, Wal-Mart
is converting the fabrics and crafts department in some stores to a newly
expanded assortment of merchandise that focuses on life's celebrations. We are
thrilled to offer our customers this exciting new crafts and celebrations center
that makes available craft and party planning needs along with information on
current trends and new ideas in the area of life's celebrations, such as
holidays, weddings and birthdays.

In those stores where the new crafts and celebrations center is placed,
merchandise commonly referred to as 'notions' will be included in the product
offerings - such as sewing machines, yarn, needles, thread, etc. As a part of
this conversion, most of our new and remodeled stores opening in early 2007, as
well as a small number of existing stores, will feature the new crafts and
celebrations center in place of cut fabrics. Wal-Mart will continue to carry
cut fabric in most of our stores. Due to the continued evaluation of our
stores, we are unable to share a list of existing stores scheduled to receive
the new crafts and celebrations center at this time.

Thank you,
Wal-Mart Customer Relations