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
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