Wal-Mart closing crafts out??!!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:16 pm

I have been told that the Wal-marts are in the process of closing out the craft sections of there stores. The first to go seems to be the DMC floss. I was in ours today and had a look and sure enough the DMC floss that they have is 10 cents each. I have 2 of most everything but there are a few colors I use a lot of so I picked up about 30 diffent colors. I don't usually shop at Wal-mart anymore since they put in the Super Store the quality has gone way down and our Micheal's sells for the same price. There is currently a petion going around and the more that sign it the better it will be for those that still only have the one reasonable source to buy crafting supplies. The old Wal-mart had a much better selection and variety of thing to chose from but even it was being neglected as they started the process of building the new store. For some in the states and Canada this is the only place that is local to buy there supplies if you have a few minute I urge you to sign the petion and to encourage friends and family to do the same it would be a true loss for many stitchers.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-t ... ic-section

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:21 pm

Did it Rose.
I wish the Wal-Marts in Canada would carry DMC and not JPCoats.

coffee_freak · Post by **coffee_freak** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:21 pm

first they stop taking layaways now the craft section??? what are they trying to do to me?!?!?!?

I'll have to check the 2 near me and see what's up..
thanks for the heads up and the link.!

Ekidna · Post by **Ekidna** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:46 pm

Oh no!! I really hope this doesn't happen for you all over the pond, I've signed the petition.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:52 pm

That's bad news. I hate it when a shoppers choice is taken away!

It happened when the little local shops were outpriced by the big supermarkets in the UK too. Not everyone wants to shop in big out of town centres. I shall sign the petition for you, Rose.

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:19 pm

I have signed this to

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:46 pm

Signed your petition, Rose.

raelou · Post by **raelou** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:49 pm

I signed it when it was posted on the other forum Rose

barbarah · Post by **barbarah** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:40 pm

We have Kmart here, and at my closest shop, they got rid of all cross stitch last year, Now all you can get in crafts is scrapbooking or things for cardmaking too.
There are still a lot of people who cross stitch.

merrywether · Post by **merrywether** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:04 pm

I have been to 3 different Wal-marts in my area stocking up

I think it is unfortunate that they are closing up the craft depts. I did occasionally buy floss there. I generally go to Hobby Lobby since the price of floss is the same.

rubyviolet · Post by **rubyviolet** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:41 am

that seems really strange. they would lose a lot of their customer base for that. i've known several people that go to wal mart just for craft items.