Update on Joann Fabrics Bankruptcy (What It Means To You)
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- Update on the Joann Fabrics Bankruptcy - What It Means and How You Can Benefit!
Good news - the doors to over 800 Joann Fabrics stores nationwide will remain open!
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How do you feel about this news?
Glad to hear they will be around
@@user-vo6ck7gm6m thank you for watching
I’m glad they are going to survive this but to blame the consumer for mismanagement really ticks me off! It is not true that people are not crafting as much (making masks) because if you look across the board, more people started crafting and sewing because of the pandemic and continue to do so because they enjoy it. Stop blaming the people who are keeping you going top level executives and start taking the responsibility of your poor leadership!!
@@shellilayman1943 I agree the financial woes run much deeper
@@shellilayman1943 Thanks for watching - I've also heard about big payout to executives
They need to sell quality fabrics, really good products and offer real sewing education!
I hope the executives are listening because you nailed it
They don’t? My local store offers classes and I thought the fabric was really nice.
The fabric isn’t quality quilting cotton. I purchase it for craft projects and I go to a regular quilt shop for heirloom fabrics.
@@sherrieivanov5481 I think that makes sense. Thanks for watching
Agree. If they added some premium cottons in beautiful prints, I feel it would help them bring in more sewers. Consider fabrics designed by Kaffe Fassett.
The downward spiral of Joann’s over the past 10-12 years has led to this. I frequent locally owned fabric shops and happily pay more for high quality fabric. If Joann’s started getting decent quality fabric again, ditched the crappy home decor, 75% of the fleece inventory, and increased staffing to appropriate levels they might pull through
I wish there were local independence, fabric stores in my area. I’m totally in agreement as relates to getting rid 90% of their fleece and home decor.
MIGHT. They have online competition.🤔🤔
With one President who shipped our manufacturing, especially textiles, it went up so high in price at JoAnns. We used to make all this in the US and it was wonderful, and cheaper. Let's hope it comes back,, I've stopped shopping JOAnns. It's expensive, no where near the quality it used to be and, now, very far away.
I agree with removing all of that fleece and home decor fabrics. Plus please hire help.
Always liked to see a finished garment in a featured fabric, but I haven’t seen that locally for years - since Hancock Fabrics closed.
Yup, JoAnn's makes the bulk of their money on fabric. Sooooo they need to improve their offerings. Cheap quality and overpriced fabrics aren't going to cut it. I remember when their quilt fabric wall was filled with beautiful merchandise, their apparel fabrics were solid with good assortments. They had lovely interior dec fabrics and a good selection of the basics. At my local stores the selection and quality of the fabrics went into the toilet well before covid and they effed up their sales/coupon promotions as well. Add on poor customer service and long lines at the checkout and cutting table.
I've heard excuses from that company for the last 10 years, everything from 'women don't sew anymore' to 'we can't compete, fabric sales went online' to 'we can't get help'. Nonsense. JoAnn's needs to up their game and listen to their customers for a change. We know what we want to buy.
I’m hoping the restructuring addresses some of this. Thank you for watching and for your thoughts
I’m a quilter and I absolutely will not purchase one of the lowest priced/quality fabrics for my quilts. I can tell by the feel if the fabric is what I want!
@@sandybruce9092 I buy my quilting fabric from either local quilt stores or the best price is online Tuesday and Saturday nights from a TH-cam channel called Sew Yeah quilting they have a brick and mortar store in Las Vegas
If you want more info, just let me know the prices can’t be beat. The only time I go into a store is if I need a specific color that I’m trying to match.
Quilting is truly its own thing - much respect for what you do
Thanks for sharing
Joanne’s need to clean up there stores. Always so messy. Prices way too high for not the best quality of fabric. Never enough help either. No wonder they’re in trouble. Listen to your customers.
I think there continues to be a resource issue around the country - finding quality staff who want to stick around. Thank you for watching
My store is a mess and employees plus manager are terrible . Rude and poor hygiene 🤢
I feel most customers would like to see s change in the way they offer coupons. For instance I live too far to drop in every other day. I have to decide if one offer is worth the drive.
@@susanschoolcraft9989 very true. thanks for watching
My Joanne’s is messy and cluttered and never any new merch. Before the pandemic they offered classes in various offerings. I took a beginner quilting class and left in tears. They let in advanced quilters and I did not get the beginner attention because of the advanced students. Ended my desire for quilting and sewing. I have purchased lots of paint there but recently the selection has been poor. I hate to see any business close but if they do I can’t say I would miss them. The staff if you can find them are not polite or friendly.
I'm surprised my local Joann's is still open. I know the lack of buttons is not their fault - but I go there and just leave disappointed - I don't really care about candles and throw pillows. I want to make stuff, not buy stuff already made, if that makes sense.
I agree, I don’t want to buy things already made 😁
Me too in Peoria AZ. Haven't refilled Velcro since 2019.
I am a long time sewer and have been continually disappointed by the closing of the good fabric stores in my area. Joannes has always been a last resort for fabric. I only come when they are having a sale on notions or patterns. Their stores have always been a disappointment, few employees, ridiculous prices, poor quality fabric, long lines and long waits. I see why people stopped patronizing the stores but it’s still too bad that Joanne’s may go away completely.
I too do a lot of online shopping but nothing beats having a store nearby when I need thread, needles or something quickly. Thank you for watching
I agree that the focus should be on the fabrics, notions, books, pattens, etc. if you need crafts go to Michael’s or hobby lobby. In my store , it seemed to me, just a lot of cheap junk that messed up JoAnn’s stores. I found it annoying . Maybe they would still be in a better business mode if they concentrated on their store name “FABRICS”.
Very true.
Patterns have always been "loss leaders", but pattern sales bring in customers and if they don't have patterns, they won't be sewing. In my area JoAnne's is a hot mess. the crafts sections is always a jumble and half the shelves empty. There are never enough sales people and the ones they have for the most part don't know about sewing. I never see a soul in the framing department so they could cut that out altogether because there is a lot of competition in that respect. I think they are trying to sell too many things and should promote sewing with classes etc and keeping things more inviting.
I agree that most of the staff know nothing about sewing or fabric. Patterns are a draw and honestly it’s the pattern sales that draw me in. Thanks for watching.
The problems with the stores wasn’t because of slow downs due to mask making slowing up! The problems were the management cut back staffing hours, so:
1) trucks bringing in merchandise got unloaded, but the boxes were either unopened in the stock room or out on the floor,
2) stockers and other personnel who replenished various sections had to stop whatever they were doing to assist either in cashiering or at cutting counter, so stock stayed in boxes or the back stock room,
3) sales and coupons on fabrics, fleece and yarn continued, though the stock may still have been in boxes and not on the sales floor.
I worked two years at my local store, and loved the ladies who came in for fabrics and yarn. With all the cutbacks on hours, there was just more to do than the time allowed.
You nailed it. I love my local store employees. Thank you for watching.
Patterns are also sent in heavy boxes that end up in the stockroom floor under other boxes, so if you don’t see patters you want or need on the sales floor, they may be at the store but not out of boxes in the stockroom. At my store, the cutting counter person would try to get them restocked. Since the cutbacks in hours and personnel, patterns are some of the last items getting out of the stockroom- if at all.
This comment is 100% correct! I worked at my local Joann’s and everything you describe happened at my store too. I loved the people I worked with and my customers who are some of the most creative people I’ve ever met. I thought that we should display our customers’ work to encourage others and have classes on sewing like we did before the COVID outbreak. Our managers were so overworked, not being able to schedule enough staff to get everything done.
@@gobyeboAbsolutely agree with you!
@@kimochkaks I will often ask if they have them in the back
OMG….fabric stores are literally nonexistent where I live..except for JoAnnFabrics. I’d loose my mind if that store were to close. Seriously. I’d break down and cry like a baby. I LOVE JoAnn Fabrics…….over the last couple decades I think home sewing has withered and faded as did all the lovely fabric stores that used to be around …..whereas today, JoAnn is the last (woman) standing, as it were. Please stay strong JoAnn….we need you!!
I enjoy my local Joanne fabric store as well. I wish they were more local independent stores in my area.
Corrine, Quilting is booming. However, Quilters want and need good quality of fabric. We shop online or privately own Quilt Stores. JoAnn’s has become just a craft store.
@@constancepeterson6156 I have much respect for quilters. I like to make garments. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates.
Go to hobby lobby, they are debt free
Thanks for watching
I've always thought that if they wanted to grow their customer base they should clear out all the crafting crap and host sewing and tailoring classes. Schools don't teach sewing anymore and plenty of women, young and old, want to make their own clothes.
There are online and local spots in most cities that teach basic sewing skills. I’m a self taught sewists - good old trial and error 😂
That would definitely help bring the company back.
I offered to teach sewing classes at the Joann in my town, but they don’t have space. People kept telling me that they wanted to learn how to sew. Joann could make it happen! It would improve their business!
In 2019 and part of 2020 I took some sewing classes at Joanns in Sarasota Florida and it was great until covid happened and then classes stopped. It was great while it lasted. Don't know if they ever restarted again as I have since moved from there. Now that I have the basic skills I self learn by watching TH-cam. Thanks to all the wonderful people who share their talents and knowledge!
I live in Hawaii and there are no Joann’s in my state. I depend on Joann’s for some notions and home dec fabrics. Also there have Wei priced bulk batting. Shipping price is fair.
Thank you Byrd! Yes, for those of us who sew we appreciate the info!
You are so welcome!
My pleasure - thanks 😊
I worked for So-Fro /House of Fabrics in the 1990s when they went under.
Same thing. Head Shed isn't listening to employees on the floor and the customers. Like doctors, they're so sure that they know more than we do, that they don't bother to listen to the obvious. 🙄
So true. Thank you for watching
Boy, howdy!
Now we need to patronize them, if we do not want to loose Joann stores. Thank you Byrd for the update.
I agree - Thank you for watching
I'm not shopping there, their fabrics prices are way too over inflated. They aren't going to change, so I go elsewhere
Shelves are pretty empty, craft prices sky high, they don't even want to honor their own coupons, employees don't have clue if they carry items ur seeking, nor do they care. Any wonder why bankruptcy is filed?
Hopefully they’ll recover and become healthy and viable.
I agree and thank you for watching
My daughter & I love Joann's & hope they stay open & get more fabrics in.
Me too and thank you for watching - please subscribe for updates
I took a part time job at JoAnn’s after I retired. It was my dream job that became a nightmare. Having experience in management I can say the manager was incompetent. He did not know the product lines. He could not cut fabric. His appearance did not meet dress code guidelines. The store was dirty. Spools of thread fell to the floor, sat in dirt and were eventually returned to the displays. The button aisle was a nightmare. JoAnn’s got greedy expanding into home decor, linens, seasonal decor, baking and cake decorating, and multiple crafts. Advertised picture framing except not adequately staffed with knowledgeable people. Staffing patters especially at check out inadequate. This store may as well close. Working there was just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic!
Wow - I appreciate that insider insight. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I LOVE MY JOANNS I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD DO IF IT DIDN'T EXIST.
me too and the people are nice
In my city of 300,000 they are the only fabric store! OK, we do have a couple high end quilt shops, but of course, they only have cotton quilting fabric. I'm really worried about the future of JoAnn's.
Good news is they will stay open
Thanks for your update Byrd. Much appreciated 😊
My pleasure - thanks for watching
I hope Joann's stays open. Its my favorite fabric store. Just bought some really beautiful fabric there a couple weeks ago.
Me too - thanks for watching - please subscribe
Joanns was circling the drain for years, but I recently went in to check it out and was so happy to see how much they stepped up their game. I'm talking about the paper crafting stuff. The store was clean.
Good to hear. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates.
I asked my local Joann’s if they were going to close, and they absolutely said NO! I go there for fabrics, notions, etc. not for patterns as I’m a quilter, not a seamstress!
I’m happy their doors will remain open - thank you for watching
I used to love Jo Ann's, but they have stopped carrying a lot of yarn. They used to have a really good selection of yarn. Now, there is hardly any. I'm glad things seem to be getting better, but they would be better still if they didn't overlook the yarn community. God bless you, and thanks for the update. Jan
Thanks Jan for watching. Is Michael’s better for yarn? I sew mostly garments so I gravitate toward the fabric section.
@@YogaByrdSews Michael's is even worse. Even Hobby Lobby is cutting back on the amount of yarn they carry.
Check out my videos about these stores 😊
I really hope that Joann Fabric stays open. It is a great place to pick up fabric supplies. A fun source of inspiration for a lot of projects!
I do think the stores will remain open
My local store is looking sad and I didn’t recognize any of the very few employees I saw. I asked if they were still receiving shipments and heard that there’s lots in the back stacked up but not enough help to set it out. I bet they lost their good employees and managers in light to the poor prospects.
I’ve heard this from others. Thanks for watching
My local Joanns is crap!! The selection is poor with an abundance of winter fabrics and a minimal offering of Spring fabs. The quality is very poor and the prices are high! I havent seen pattern sales in at least 8 months! I was there this past weekend and noticed there were NO Vogue pattern books. When I asked a clerk where were the books, she replied "Oh, I know we're still selling the patterns but I don't know what happened to the books". When Joanns first became super popular in Southern Cali, they put a lot of local fabric businesses out of business. Not many local stores left. As an alternative, I'll have to drive from Riverside to the downtown LA fabric district. Considering the alternative, I'll make that 70+ mile drive.
So sorry to hear that
Contrary to some commenters who just can't be pleased, I am very happy Joann Fabrics is staying. They are the only fabric store in my area. I also do a lot of buying of other stuff. Thank you for keeping the updates coming. HAPPY CAMPER HERE, LOL!
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When I grew up in KC MO we had 5 fabric stores & TG& Y to buy fabric. Now there's so many more people here but only Joann's & Hobby Lobby (I rarely shop Hobby Lobby due to their attitudes about women). One store taught a multitude of classes-tailoring, how to sew knits etc. I wish we had a sewing store that would teach fitting patterns. So many people give up sewing garmets because they do not fit properly. Typically, headquarters (comprised of mostly guys) refuse to listen to their customers and workers (mostly women). Michael's doesn't appear to fare well either. The shelves have a lot of empty spaces, the bathroom never has soap, & the prices have gone up.
I learned my fitting skills from other sewists. One of the best is creative costume academy
I used to live near a Joann’s store where I would buy remnants, thread and notions, for quilting. Sometimes their coupons worked out, but the overly complicated system is annoying. After moving, I ordered two rolls of batting online and one was the entirely wrong product. Returning it was a hassle. The experience turned me off of ever ordering from them online again.
I’m sorry to hear that
I won’t order online either. I found some fabric to make a holiday gift (NFL fabric for sleep pants), very difficult to find BTW!! I ordered 3 yards they said they had in stock, should have received it in plenty of time to make. Well without any tracking info, a couple of weeks later I received 2 yards of fabric and they ‘cancelled’ the other yard saying it wasn’t available. 2 yards is not enough for me to make what I wanted to make, so the 2 yards is useless to me! Does Joann’s not understand that if you order 3 yards you NEED 3 yards? Do they not understand sewing at all?? It is too bad they can’t get it together at the corporate level , I really hope they do
@@melissap6741 hoping corporate is listening more to customers and employees
We JoAnn's customers would really be in a pickle without a place like JoAnn's. While I don't go in there often, it's good to know it's there when I need sewing items, fabric, notions, ribbon, you name it. Extremely useful store!
Absolutely!! Thanks for watching
Thank you for the update. I love my Joann's store.
Love hearing it
Thanks for watching
Just found out today that my local Joann's is going out of business. The ones in the big city are staying open. What this means for me is that i will have to drive 33 miles ONE WAY to shop there instead of the 2 miles I currently drive. Wjat this also means is that I will no longer shop at Joann's. Color me sad😢
The closest one to me is two hours away! I don’t go very often 🤦🏾♀️
Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear. A store closed near me too and I got some great things during the liquidation sale. I love Minerva for online fabric
2 hours is quite a hike. Do you shop online?
Great news! Thanks Byrd!
Any time!
In San Diego, one of the Joan stores is a block from a continuing education program that offers Sewing, patternmaking, drafting classes. They need to upgrade their fabrics
I hope to see an upgrade across the board. I'm fortunate to be able to find quality fabrics at Joann's but also online. Thanks for watching and pls subscribe :)
Their prices are too high! That makes us look elsewhere! Walmart has my business and I found an Amish warehouse that is packed full of beautiful fabric and much cheaper. Amazon is good too
I love good options. I wish there were more local options here. I do most of my fabric shopping online - thank you for watching
That’s why they have coupons.
JoAnns is not as high priced as the fabric stores.
What Amish fabric warehouse are you talking about?
It varies from store to store when it comes to locally owned shops. I shop around to get not just a great deal but quality fabric
I do love my local Joann’s store, bc I am a Viking sewing machine owner, Viking has their center inside Joann’s. But the employees at my store are not pleasant, in fact two are downright rude. I’m polite to them and smile as I collect my cut fabric and head over to checkout and will continue to be. I hope they are able to stay open. But luckily I have two Hobby Lobby’s and 2 quilt shops a short driving distance, if they don’t.
That’s horrible. Kindness doesn’t cost anything. Thanks for watching.
Ooooh, I like that fabric with the roses about 15 seconds from the end.
Thanks for the update!!
My pleasure. Thank for watching
JoAnn's is the only major fabric store near me. I don't quilt, but I do make costumes, pajamas, and some basic casual clothes. So I want that kind of material. For me, JoAnn's started a downward turn years & years ago when they decided to stock over half of their stores with cheaper crafting merchandise. I don't go there to buy baking goods, patio furniture or artificial flowers. That said, my store is nice, neat, tidy and fairly well stocked. Save for one wall which used to house the cheaper printed cottons. - that one is empty.
Good to hear. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates.
I think they should make deals with crafting influencers online to get young people into crafting.
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I agree with @Rozylass, get rid of the craft stuff it’s cheaper elsewhere and concentrate only on the sewing aspect of the company. The prices are too high for craft stuff.
Hear hear - I’m down for that
I shopped Joanne Fabrics while in Fashion Trade School in Miami in the 70’s . They were a good source for upbeat fabrics ! I worked for them in the 90’s. They diversified into crafts and started their Superstores . To both gain a broader customer base and to generate more revenue. I think perhaps bringing in the crafts contributed to their over extending themselves, although crafting is fun . It’s also convenient for the customer to have one stop shopping. It’s a regional thing , I understand. However I now find that when I shop at Joanne’s , the service is poor . I sometimes end up helping customers as a result, simply because I enjoy doing this .
I also end up helping customers too 😊
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Thank you for the updates! I really hope my store stays open!
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The Joann’s I shop at closed the first of the year. Really upset me. It was 5 minutes from my house. Now I Ave to drive 40 minutes. If I need any thing I I wait for free shipping and order online.
I hope you were about to get some great items when the store was liquidated. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates
The store near me has a lot of square footage (high rent), but so much of the products offered are home decor, toys, hand lotions, and school supplies. The actual shelf space for crafts, notions, yarn, and fabric could fit in a store half it's size. Besides,most of the inventory can be purchased elsewhere for a better price.
Truly hoping Joann’s can do better. Thanks for watching
My local store does have quality fabrics. By the way, the new patterns are in the drawers in the cabinets below the racks with the clearance sale patterns. I have found the same quality of fabrics sold at another store, but at higher pricing.
This is all really good news. Tks for watching and please subscribe
What drives me crazy is in my city we only have two Joann stores, and a couple of quilting stores. Unfortunately, the larger Joann’s store has taken out several rows of fabric and apparently they are not going to restock that fabric. I made a comment to one of the employees and she said that if enough people complain to the manager maybe they will do something. I have to drive at least 45 minutes to the bigger Joann stores. So frustrating. Walmart and Hobby Lobby do have a few choices, but not the greatest selections.
I really wish there were more local independent fabric stores. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe for updates
Thank you for the update - I love how you make it plain
My pleasure
Thanks Byrd for the update!😊
No problem 👍
As a vintage lady who used to sew, I recall the Good Old Days (can't believe I said that!) when there were many fabric stores. I'm just not sure how many people actually want to sew any more---women are working full-time jobs b/c households need 2 incomes & there is all kinds of inexpensive clothing made in China, Philippines, Pakistan India, some of it pretty good. Many people think they want to learn how to sew, thinking they can save money on clothing, but by the time you've bought a sewing machine, the fabric & notions, I don't really think you'll save much money. And sewing clothing is hard---it takes a lot of experience to make something look good, there is envisioning the finished product, finding the right fabric, choosing an appropriate pattern, fitting---it takes a lot of time AND some level of talent. I'm VERY lacking in the talent & I've given up on it long ago. It's just so frustrating wen you put hours of work into something & finally try it on and it doesn't look good for one reason or another. Well, I hope Joann can stick around b/c I do like to buy trims & ribbon & sometimes even I need fabric for curtains or something easy!
Sewing has been a fun journey for me and I’ve finally learned how to make fit adjustments - it takes time and patience. Lots of trial and error.
My mom bought her fabric at Wieboldts
@@Dulcimertunes Thank you for watching
My local Joann Fabrics has trouble finding staff, as do most of the other local retail stores. As for the fabric, I've been a quilter for fifty years and have seen their fabric improve. I don't think it's bad, and use it quite often.
Thank you for this and thanks for watching
The JoAnn fabrics in my area went out of business last month. The last visit I made the day before it closed, everything was 90% off. I spent $23 and on the receipt it said I saved about $239 but I will miss it. There is another fabric store in town but it's not easy to find a parking spot.
I’m glad you got some good deals at the liquidation sale. Thanks for watching
I would like to patronize Joann, but they don't carry the quality of fabric that I buy.
Where do you purchase fabric? Thanks for watching
Thanks for sharing I always wondered what inside looked like. I'm from Australia and it looks very similar to our spotlight stores!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
as a business person seeing them "give away" profit in constant coupons and such has always made me shake my head- while I like a good sale I have been wondering how they even stayed open in the first place- and since they choose to sell crap cotton fabrics for quilting most have gone to actual quilt stores for the good stuff even at full price so quilts will "last" and not fall apart
I’m not 100 percent sure but I think they can roll out coupons because of bulk buying.
I think they overprice the fabric to make up for the coupons. The poor quality of the fabric is the main reason I rarely shop there. I went in looking for solid white and wouldn't have used what they had in my project if they gave it to me for free!
@@bhquilter fortunately I can find decent fabric - not the top quality but decent
The whole coupon and sale thing is a gimmick that has spiraled out of control and gotten too complicated with too many exceptions. Stuff goes on the shelf at twice the price they want to sell it for and then they give out 40% and 50% coupons/sales so people think they are getting a deal. That's why seasonal items are always on sale a week after they hit the shelves if not sooner. It is why coupons have so many exceptions. It is why some things are always 10% off so you can't use a 40% coupon on them.
They need to price things honestly and do reasonable coupons, hire sufficient knowledgeable staff and stock quality items.
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That's is a very bad news... I love that store!
I hope my store in Mobile , AL survive
I agree with to get over some stuff, but please keep the fabrics and accessories. Also knitting , crochet, and embroidery are popular.
Classes are a great idea, schools do not teach these skills, ( I m retired high school teacher).
If you offer a subscription for classes monthly and a calendar with differents activities, I bet you will have a lot of people participating... (sorry my spanglish😁)
Great ideas. Thank you for watching and thank you for your work in our school system
They need to bring back the free sample swatches. My clients aren’t interested in investing in high quantity fabric without a tactile sample. And they hire me to save them from having to make the trip.
I didn’t know about the free samples. Good to know. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates
Buy an 1/8 of a yard of the fabric, and cut your own sample from that. All the stores will sell you an 1/8 of a yard of any fabric. I know it's not a free sample, but at least that way, you would have something to show your clients. Most of the fabrics at 1/8 of a yard are reasonable, and if you have a coupon, even better!
Our local store has mostly quilting fabric. I want other fabric. My main gripe is that they have almost no sewing supplies. The thread rack has been almost empty for months and the binding section is completely empty. I would like to be able to run to the store and purchase quality needles and such but the Dritz stuff is crap. No notions at our local store. Most of the store is home decorating stuff and it is higher priced than the same stuff at other stores and doesn’t seem to selling. They have been driving people to shop online. I would prefer to purchase locally but cannot find what I need.
Oh no- I’m hoping the restructuring will correct these kinds of issues. Thanks for watching
The actual happenings...
A large conglomerate bought Joanns out and rescued them during bankruptcy.
They will remain open.
The patterns were not at $2.99 at any time.
The prior sales were at one time 10 for $10.
Now as they have been.... They remain at $1.99. for sale times .
Merchandise was with held from the stores as their debt increased.
Most stores have not received stock merchandise since 2023...
Making the stores look bare and unkept.
I live in Ga and stores are only just receiving stock that had been ordered yet with held.
Hopefully soon the stores will be back and running as normal ...
Hopefully too as the pattern sales are advertised.... They will ACTUALLY have the stock in the drawers.....
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You can see the actual photos of the $2.99 price of patterns in an earlier video. Either way it’s a great deal. Thanks for watching and commenting
My local JoAnn’s Fabric closed in 2020. I have to drive a few hours or order on line.
Oh no…. Fortunately there are some good online shops
My local Joanns seems to cater more to quilters then those that are sewing clothes. Hopefully this will change.
The store is large enough, with good mgmt, I’m hoping they can meet both needs
Thanks for calling us 'sewists' and not "sewers"; the latter is too much like something yucky even though it's pronounced differently.. One of JoAnn's problems is they've stopped carrying a lot of good quality fabric. We quilters look for quality, and the feel of some of their fabric is stiff and cheap. Yes, there are some fabric that will do, but they used to have a "premier" quilting fabric section, and don't, anymore. What I do like about JoAnn's is their discounts, and if you shop them right, you can save a lot of money.
Love your thoughts! Thank you from one sewist to another 😊
How funny! I feel just the opposite. Being a really old sewer and (I’ll admit it) something of a language chauvinist. I think “Sewist” sounds childish and unnecessarily made up (like calling your plumber a “plumbist”). Tomato/tomahto . Have a great, creative day!
@@hobbyhopper3143 🤣 for me Sewist speaks to me because my hobby is a mixture of Sewing and art
This is troubling as Joann’s is the closest/best fabric store in my area. There’s a Hobby Lobby near me, but they are closed on Sundays and Joann’s is not. Michael’s added a fabric section, but it’s minimal at best. I hope this Chapter 11 plan helps get them back on the right path so they can be profitable again.
Thank you for watching. Check out my review of hobby lobby and michaels - videos on my channel
I love my local Joann's. They moved locations and built a giant yarn wall and have 3 more aisles of yarn. Kind of limited selection of crochet hooks/knitting needles, but I have my own. And there is ALWAYS a sale..
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Thank you so much for keeping me informed!
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This company needs to have staff working in theur stores. I went to a Joann store the other day. There were 2 people working. One at the cash register and the other ar the cutting counter. There were 5 people waiting to get fabric cut. I left without buying anything.
I know this isn’t an answer across-the-board but I try to go during non-peak times but that applies to any store for me
They should focus more on fabrics of all kinds and trims and all things for sewing needs, Do away with all the home decor all ready made items, florals and kids crafts, they can get those at Michaels, Hobby Lobby. Make Jo-Ann's a proper fabric store. And have classes for beginners and more advanced sewers.
I agree that the home decor should go. Thank you for watching.
The two JoAnn’s in Southern MS have closed. There are two or three still open in the Northern part of the state. We now resort to Hobby Lobby and Walmart😥
Definitely wish for more local fabric stores. Thanks for watching and please subscribe for updates
I use a lot of yarn and know which brand and weight I want. I can never find enough of same dye lot in store so I’ve been buying on line. It has worked out fairly well. After the announcement of bankruptcy I was hesitant to risk buying on line. I discovered other online yarn sources that have proven to be better quality than Joann without stretching the budget. Everything I make is for charity so cost is a factor. Premier yarns are great, as are yarns sold by Mary Maxim.
Good information about yarn. Thank you for giving to others
@Wiseoldwoman I love Premier yarns! I stumbled across them a few months ago at a Dollar Tree of all places (didn't know they carried yarn!). I have bought a lot of yarn at JoAnn's over the years, and I'm sorry to see their preventable decline. My local yarn stores closed several years ago. Sad. I love to feel the yarn before purchasing it!
@@Paula-tf3zv Thanks for sharing
If the 2 in our nearby towns close we have nothing left but a tiny selection of cheap notions and thread in the discount and grocery stores. And one small quilt store.
I’m hoping for better across the board
At the cost of patterns today who would buy them!
There are sales on patterns that make them very reasonable- either in store sales or on simplicity.com
Learn to make them
If my Joann fabrics closes in my area it will be no great loss! Brand new store. Looks like a pig sty. Associate's are unhelpful and rude. I've been there 4 times and every time I leave with nothing. I'm at the point I'll pay shipping rather than deal with those people.
I’m sorry to hear that. I think they are truly struggling to find quality employees and certainly employees who understand fabric.
I rarely go there anymore cause their fabric is too costly. I go elsewhere or buy online where it's cheaper. Their buyers need to get on the same page w/ home sewers, our pay checks aren't that big as to be able to afford Joann's.....🤔🤔🤔 Nowdays, it's cheaper to buy clothes than to make them. The trims, I buy once in a while when they are marked down, otherwise, I don't buy.😐
Making your own clothing is definitely not cheap. Many people think it is but it is not. Thanks for watching
Today more and more are shopping on line. That being so local stores are wary of holding
large amounts of stock that may be left unsold leading to loss.
Running a business is a money pit these days.
That is so true and it applies to so many brick and water businesses. Thank you for watching.
Wouldn’t miss them for fabric but sewing supplies are a good deal with a discount code/coupn.
I love a good discount. Thanks for watching.
I shop a lot at Joanns and like the store a lot. I do wish they had a better selection of better brand of fabric .also they need to keep up with updated sewing notions
Thank you for watching. Great comments
Crafting crap should not be besmirched. Everyone likes different projects. I've knitted, crocheted, tile work, paint by number, hand sewing, needlepoint and cross stitch.
All amazing gifts. Thanks for watching
The stores around me are always a mess. Merchadise never gets put out on the floor. The stockroom is always full. And very short handed on employees.
So sad
Staffing everywhere is problematic. Hoping the restructure makes a difference. Thanks for watching.
What about the yarn???
I’m a garment sewist so I gravitate toward fabric
Joanns need to really step up. Their stores are a mess and all products overpriced. Back in the 70s they carried all kinds of fabrics: wools, wool blends, silks, beautiful rayon and many, many other good apparel fabric. When they turned themselves into a craft store, their fabric line went downhill. They should be called joanns fleece market. They also treat employees poorly. Took many benefits away over the years, became the typical greedy corporation. People like to sew and people want to sew but when you pay practically $20 for a pattern at normal price, plus the poor quality limited apparel selection, you can go buy a ready to wear garment for less. It's really too bad they went this route. I still sew, but not like I used to where I sewed all my clothing mostly and now purchase fabric online.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I do a lot of online fabric shopping too
They’ve lost their focus. Loved it when the focus was high quality, good variety of fabrics for apparel, quilting and home designs.
I’m hoping we see a return of those things. Thank you for watching.
I used to work for House of Fabrics/JoAnn Fabrics and management was always cutting hours so there were never enough stafft to wait on customers and stock merchandise. Eventually more cheap fabrics were brought in with quality fabrics declining. Yes way too many craft items with poor selection of cross stitch materials (which were good sellers). Yarn was always good sellers.
Too much holiday merch. I did work for 17 years but quit after my full time job finally paid enough to live on.
All good points. Thanks for watching
Shop Joann’s to keep the store in your area. There are very few stores who carry all your sewing needs.❤️
#facts. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the update
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Thanks for the update!
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My local Joann’s is always a complete mess and understaffed. I went in today for some notions and had to use the restroom. Dirty, no toilet paper in either stall, only a couple of folded paper towels and no toilet seat covers. The store was in disarray as it has been the last several years. Very unpleasant experience all around. I couldn’t get the coupons to load so cashier used my dashboard, no discount. I left the store and was able to download 50% off coupon. I returned to the store to refund and repurchase with the discount. Horrible experience.
they have to do better - I'm sorry for your experience
I miss Hancock Fabric!
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I don’t like JoAnn’s because i have never encountered a friendly employee there. They all act like the customers are bothering them. That kind of attitude comes from the top down.
Yikes…. I guess I’m pretty fortunate to have decent staff at my local Joann’s. Thanks for watching
I recently spoke with an employee, Joann's has about a year left before they start closing.
Pls watch my latest video on this subject - Joann will remain open. Tks for watching
My store in southwestern VA is poorly stocked at the moment. Manager, who has had the store for years, seems highly stressed. All full-time employees have had hours reduced and lost benefits so most of them have left to take other jobs. The amount of cheap and ugly fabric they've carried over the past 6-7 years is mind-boggling. I agree with others in that I'd like higher quality fabric, especially natural fiber apparel fabric. Muted colors would be wonderful. I think my community would also support sewing classes, as I frequently get asked by others if I will teach sewing or if I know of anyone who will.
Love these ideas and thank you for watching
I agree with other comments: carry quality fabrics and trims, teach people how to use them, and stop carrying all the stuff that distracts customers from the fabrics.
Well said. Thanks for watching
I didn't even know about this until now!
It been going on for a few months. Pls subscribe, update coming
Unfortunately it looks like mine will be going under. Limited stock, which decreases by the day. I recently went in and bought the last two rolled of batting, not that I need it at the moment, but trying to find rolls of batting online is impossible without paying absorbent amount in handling and shipping costs. I'm heartbroken, but nothing I can do, I've always bought locally when I could. 😩🤗🥰❤️
There are good online options - Wawak for sewing supplies
Joanne’s batting is over priced. I buy 96” bulk batting for much less online and the shipping is reasonable.
@@Bushelman where ? I looked and it all was way too expensive, after shipping and handling. I buy rolls as it's usually cheaper.
@@Bushelman thanks for sharing. Pls subscribe for updates :)
Thank you so much for this info!
You are so welcome! Pls subscribe and thanks for watching :)
Per Wall Street Journal...........Jo-Ann Stores Inc. agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP for about $1.6 billion, but the fabric and craft retailer has through Feb. 14 to weigh other offers.
Thanks for the info
Feb. 14 ? it is May 5 today.
@@brettster3331 probably Feb ‘25.
I tried to get velcro at Joann's for 6 months, before someone said they weren't going to sell it any longer. Now all I can get is the sticky velcro from Home Depot.
Have your tried Wawak or Amazon?
My store didn't have Velcro b4 covid. I told them at the front desk still don't have it. I went to hobby lobby.
I hope they stay in business. But I realize I have bought way more than I needed in the past (which was good for JoAnn then) and now I need to cut my fabric spending and sew from my stash (not so helpful for the company now.) I am not alone in this situation so that may be part of their problem now.
I honestly need to see my stash too - thank you for watching
My local store is great for certain things. The manager is a fabulously upbeat guy. Many of the staff have stayed for years. I would like to have a better selection of high quality fabric for both quilting and garment sewing. I mainly shop at Joann for batting, what little they have in higher quality fabric and notions. I very, very rarely buy any of the other craft stuff.
I hope the executive are listening. Thanks for watching and pls subscribe :)
I went there today and came away defeated. It's now like a Michaels. I wanted a print cotton blend for a dress for my little granddaughter.
I struck out.
Only 100% Cotton (who wants to iron) fleece, flannel, and knits.
Boohoo!
Have you tried Minerva's cotton sateen - it's a great blend. I have an affiliate link in the description.
Where’s the yarn?
I’m a garment Sewist. Fabric is my draw 😊
It doesn't help that a Hobby Lobby moved in right next to our long-time JoAnns.
I wish there were more local stores in my area.