Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-10 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
Our local Wal-Mart pretty much specializes in tacky polyesters, so I don't use it much, and won't care if they cease to carry fabric. In addition, I live near the Philadelphia fabric district, am within a 2-hour drive/train ride of the New York fabric district, and have access to plenty of

Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-08 Thread Wanda Pease
Driven all the independent fabric stores out of business within a fair sized radius by low-balling them and now THEY go out of the Fabric business? Seems typical. Drive all other possible competition out and leave room only for the cheap, Chinese stuff, made by people earning cents an hour with

[h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-07 Thread otsisto
Today I was informed that since things have settled down, Wal-Mart feels it is safe to go ahead with it's plan to get rid of their fabrics. New Stores will not have the fabric dept. Some stores will phase out the fabric dept. and a few will have 2 and 3 yard pieces for sale. I was told at one

Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-07 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 8/7/2008 2:40:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today I was informed that since things have settled down, Wal-Mart feels it is safe to go ahead with it's plan to get rid of their fabrics. Our local Wal-Mart opened without one, and doesn't even

Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-07 Thread otsisto
Here you will find a contact us in the upper right hand corner. http://walmartstores.com/ De -Original Message- Our local Wal-Mart opened without one, and doesn't even carry much in the way of notions. Anyway, a letter-writing campaign may be in order to save what is left. Ann

Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

2008-08-07 Thread Brangwyne
Up here in Chicopee MA it's already gone. le sigh I haven't checked the other three local WalMarts. Starr otsisto wrote: So if you have a Wal-Mart with a fabric department it will probably go bye bye by January 2009. De ___ h-costume mailing