"I know many don't like Wal-Mart but it does make a difference for people on fixed incomes."
Darn right about that. However, Wally World is slowly becoming more high end. Did you know there is no more lay-away there because it was not profitable for them? That was how I could purchase things like printers, TVs, stereos etc. Now have to do as much shopping as I can at Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar General and such stores.
As to discontinuing fabric, there is a general trend in doing away for fabric stores. Where are people who sew supposed to get their fabrics from? There are plenty of people who sew their own clothes for various reasons; getting a better fitting garment is just one. And believe it or not, some people still make their own curtains and slipcovers? What next, getting rid of the crafts and art supplies?
Some stores have from reading the comments at the petition site or gone to prepackaged lengths..which don't work for those who make clothes or quilt. I may buy several yards for a quilt, but often they are 1/8th to 1 yard lengths depending on what block or quilt I am working on.
That is driving me nuts, but what I plan on doing is just starting to buy gift cards, like $10-20, each time I am in WM. One of the reasons (in addition to the profitabilty) for doing away with lay-away is because so many people are using gift-card. When I read that, I rembered something told to my husband at the Sears appliance store near here. They don't do lay-away and for folks without credit cards or Sears cards that is how they save up for purchases. So that is what I plan to do starting the first of the year in order to be able to do my 2 major annual outlays, back-to-school and Christmas (I have an 8yo - everyone else gets homemade)
There are plenty of people who sew their own clothes for various reasons; getting a better fitting garment is just one. And believe it or not, some people still make their own curtains and slipcovers?
I don't make clothes, because I am not much of a seamstress, but I do make curtains, pillows and throws.
I'm really not happy about them doing away with the fabric, not that I buy all that much, but knowing it's there if I get a notion to make something......