Anyone see the ad on tv that Martha Stewart is now selling her wares in Walmart? Wonder if that was part of her "deal", to get rid of the fabric department to make room for her merchandise. Just speculating, don't shoot me! :)
Cactus --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Susan Data-Samtak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] walmart fabrics > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:57 PM > The reply to my Walmart messge about Fabrics: > > > >>Thank you for your message. > > Dear Susan, > > Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the fabric > department in > your local store. As with any merchandise decision that we > make, we > have based our decision to reduce the stitching and fabric > departments > on customer demand, which does not appear to be as high > today for a > full stitching and fabric offering in some markets as it > may have been > at Wal-Mart in the past. > > 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 that opened earlier this year, as well as > a small > number of existing stores, will feature the new crafts and > > celebrations center in place of bolt 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
