Walmart Closing Out Fabrics
 

Anyone that is upset about Walmart's decision to close their fabric department needs to call and complain @ 1-800-WALMART or email -

http://www.walmartstores.com/GlobalW...back_submit.do

I was told if enough feedback is received they will change their minds. According to corporate offices "Sewing is a lost art", in other words - not profitable enough for them I'm sure. I agree in some market areas it may not be a profitable department, in other areas though I would disagree.

Oh no, I hadn't heard about this!! So all stores are doing away with it???? Not good!!

I was upset when they did away with layaway!! They had sales decline for the holiday season and couldn't understand why!! Duh!!

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I was also upset about them doing away with layaway! That's how alot of people do their Christmas shopping, including myself. Now, the fabric! What's next???

Yes, it does work! The Walmart in my city closed it's fabric department and they received so many complaints that they brought it back!

YIKES! I did not know this either! I'm so upset, I buy almost all my fabric from walmart! Great! Now I will have to drive 1 hour to get Fabric!

I just sent my feed back to Walmart, I sure hope they reconsider this. This is just so sad!

Just sent it! Thanks for the info. Walmart was the only fabric store in our town. Now we have NONE!!

The one near me isn't closing their fabric dept. I asked the girl and she said that the reason why they were closing some was because the sales weren't too high and the reason ours wasn't closing was because they make alot of sales in that dept.

I was tld about a month ago our walmart fabric would be closed by february. the one further from me is keeping it. I emailed just now, hop it helps.

Thanks for the link - I posted about this before Christmas and they closed the fabric dept in one of our Wal-Mart stores right after the holidays. I will definitely sent this to everyone!!! Thanks so much!!!

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

I got the same email.

Me too! Word for word. Sounds like they aren't even considering what we have written.

I Dont Sew But I Do Fleece Tie Blankets For All The Babies Born In Our Family And Thats To Bad I Enjoy Going To The Dept In Walmart And Just Looking Around. I Love Crafts I Just Rarely Have The Time Or The Amount Of Money It Takes To Do Big Ones But For Like My Grandma She Sews Because Thats Really All She Can Do These Days And So Thats To Bad For Her Since The Others Around Here Are Slighty More Expensive They Most Likely Will Go Up To Knowig Nthere Isnt A Walmart Anymore, Thats To Bad We Only Have Walmart And Like 2 Or 3 Other Craft Fabric Shops Here. That Sucks