Question about company DMC

It seems unlikely.

DMC's US distribution system has been skewing toward needlework stores for the last decade or so, as the big box stores started getting more demanding.

DMC has been being pressured by W*M, et al, to drop the cost of floss to them every year, and (iirc) W*M and Hancock's have been losing money on each skein of floss, making it up on other things purchased. W*M especially is all about 'cheaper this year than last'. At some point, the suppliers either go broke or stop supplying them. HF started down that path a few years ago -- their prices dropped, but the quality of items dropped even further. (HF stopped carrying VoguePatterns at one point because Vogue wouldn't give them the same purchasing discount as McCall would (this was before McCall bought Vogue/Butterick).)

Most JoAnns and Michael's still carry DMC (at higher prices than W*M and HF) although some of the smaller stores may not have the full collection.

jenn

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com WIP: Poppies (Art-Stitch), two knitted tops, Oriental Butterfly Most recently Finished: Floral Sampler, Insect Sampler

Thank You very much for the information.Since I do not have a chain that carries the Floss. I have my daughter purchase for from AC More and Michaels. Have a local fabric store(that just opened 3 months ago) that carries a little of the colors at 70 cent piece.If I run out great place to go,if I need one or two. Barbara

You could likely do well just ordering it on-line, or over the phone from some LNS. I know the shop I used to manage, she'll send it - the price in some LNS has gone up again - but IIRC this one just went to 4/$2 or 5/$2.5 or 55 cents a skein for less quantity. Same for Anchor. Had been 45 cents a skein, 5 for $2, but she just raised it.

Ellice

Hi Jenn,

Nice to see you!

AC Moore has also done a deal of some sort with DMC, as they are the only "big box craft store" carrying the full line of Variations and something else my sleepy brain won't remember. (maybe the games) I don't go into Michaels much anymore, but I don't recall seeing the "Satin" line there either.

Cheryl

I've been around, still reading, but not posting much.....

We don't have an ACMoore, and I don't go into Michaels' much either -- neither of two in the area is all that convenient, and with the stash I have, there's no reason for me to go browsing....

jenn

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com WIP: Poppies (Art-Stitch), two knitted tops, Oriental Butterfly Most recently Finished: Floral Sampler, Insect Sampler

And how are the kids?

DD is a senior now(!), and a band geek. Off to college in the fall, still hasn't decided where exactly -- been accepted at four and a community college, so she's got choices.

DS in 6th grade, turning into a band geek, and doing TKD.

I'm doing some needlework still, but I've joined a community band and started knitting again, and my workroom was dismantled so we could actually *finish* the basement, so I lost a lot of stitching momentum. Need to get back into the swing of things.

jenn

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com WIP: Poppies (Art-Stitch), two knitted tops, Oriental Butterfly Most recently Finished: Floral Sampler, Insect Sampler

Funny thing about *Wally-World* is that in Canada they only had Anchor floss as the main line and some other cheap lines in bulk pack for the rest. But even Anchor floss has been dropped here, so it is not just DMC.

I did work for them years ago, and had some of the department manager training. Like noted below, they are about this 'lower still' thinking. If I remember floss was not a loss leader item for them, think it was 20-40% profit rate range,.

As noted, the supplier stopped supplying or went broke [in some cases were bought up by them]. Some suppliers are getting pissed off with them trying to set their own wholesale price where there is no profit for the supplier to even deal with them in large orders. And those other companies are trying to do the same business plans when dealing with suppliers using the some of the same dirty business methods........'sell it to us at our price in large quantities or we'll cancel the order' which sounds good at first but when you figure it actually out you are either just breaking even or so little profit that your company will never go anywhere.

Look at the dealing they are doing to their store-brand soft drink supplier, they are cutting how much that is bought from the main supplier but having some others to make the rest of the same drinks. Now the supplier is stuck, and worried how to keep their profits and staff levels which likely will end up being cut. And it has nothing to do with that supplier can't keep up with the amount of product needed, they can and are doing enough.

If you want to see some of the way they do their deal>

Oh my goodness.

And again! Band Geek in my town tends to a be family trait. And given the amount of traveling the Londonderry Marching Band does, I am most grateful mine aren't interested.

I've been wondering about turning a bit of my basement into a craft area for myself. Some place where I have room to leave "stuff" out and not have it be in the way.

Cheryl