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G. Wayne Hines wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

yes, and people buy the cheaper look-alike item, then find it does not work as well, or breaks rapidly & needs to be repurchased. buying anything at Wal-Mart perpetuates the lower & middle class, since they spend *more* income buying & rebuying shoddy products (or buying objects they didn't even think they needed/wanted until they saw them at that "great price" in Wal-Mart). Wal-Mart is China's 8th largest trade partner. all the good jobs are now in China, mostly because of Wal-Mart's demands on suppliers. many formerly good American brands are either out of business or no longer worth buying because of Wal-Mart's predatory practices. even the fabrics & notions are cheapened & lower quality. lee

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enigma
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G. Wayne Hines wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

which means those suppliers couldn't produce at Wal-Mart's demanded price. to remain a supplier, they have to improve (or change somehow) the product each year and/or produce it for a lower price. that tv you buy at Wal-Mart may *look* like the tv at Sam's Audio Visual, but it's not. it has fewer features & cheaper (more likely to break) components. there are no bargains at that store. there *are* a lot of people getting ripped off & a lots of people with no jobs because of them (not to mention their employee abuse). but hey, if you think you "save" by shopping there, go right ahead. the rest of the world doesn't really matter, does it? lee

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enigma

The other side of that coin (or the silver lining, perhaps?) is that China now has a burgeoning middle class, and the Chinese entrepreneurial spirit is booming. What war and diplomacy were unable to accomplish, entry into world commerce (and the Internet) seems to be doing.

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Pogonip

About Walmart closing out its fabric, don't hold your breath. WE are a community approaching 100,000 very quickly (probably two more years). Had one supercenter and two old Walmarts. They've closed the two older small ones and have opened one new supercenter (much larger than the older supercenter) about a month ago. It has an active fabric department. In January another new and larger supercenter will open.

I shop there. Am careful, but much of the material is fine. If I need something special I go to a JoAnn's store. Wer are in the center of a very rural state. There are a large number of Amish farmers in the area, and I see many women shopping there also. You have to know what you're looking for and what you're looking at, but for many things, their fabric is fine.

The only two large cities in our state are 125 miles away in opposite directions, so obviously we can't shop there as a general rule.

It would be wonderful if we had one of the larger fabric stores. There is a JoAnn's as I said, but not a JoAnn's etc. Haven't seen a Hancock in years. Many of the other old ones have been bought out by JoAnn's. over the years.

Well, that's my two cents. Happy sewing.

Betsy Phillips

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Elizabeth M. Phillips

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sews4fun

We presently have 2 super Wal-Mart's, a JoAnn's, and a Ben Franklin. The newer Walmart has the smallest material selection, the older super Walmart must hit a really good buy, because they occasionally display 15 - 20 bolts of the same ugly print. They said it was for the quilters. I can't imagine anyone putting all that work in to make a lovely quilt, and then backing it the cheap ugly material.

Sharon

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Sharon & Jack

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