Gary’s in the home stretch of the Lady Mary’s Geometric design by Gay Ann Rogers.Find all of the registration details for the Fiber Talk retreat at wetalkfiber.com/weekend.It’s late in the day but we made the Wednesday midnight deadline. This week’s topics include The Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend, supporting Fiber Talk through our new Patreon page (patreon.com/fibertalk), progress on the Stitch Every Day challenge, the impact of JoAnns stores closing on needlework, the role of local needlework stores in our needle art, getting duped by sellers of AI-generated designs, and Cindy’s nail art. Register soon for the Fiber Talk Needle Arts weekend at wetalkfiber.com/weekend and become a Fiber Talk Patreon supporter at patreon.com/fibertalk. Sunday’s guest: Yvette Stanton.–Cindy and Gary
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So I have friends who have recently worked for Joann. What killed them isn’t the fact that no one sews, but the fact that they were purchased by a private equity firm a while back and that’s typically the death knell for the acquired company. The whole mission of a PE company is to cut costs, cut costs, cut costs. Company policy changed and most stores would only pay 2 employees to be on the floor for a given shift. So inventory would sit in boxes because no one could get it on shelves. Anyway, I think it’s incredibly sad and our store seemed busy but it just didn’t matter in the end.
So I have friends who have recently worked for Joann. What killed them isn’t the fact that no one sews, but the fact that they were purchased by a private equity firm a while back and that’s typically the death knell for the acquired company. The whole mission of a PE company is to cut costs, cut costs, cut costs. Company policy changed and most stores would only pay 2 employees to be on the floor for a given shift. So inventory would sit in boxes because no one could get it on shelves. Anyway, I think it’s incredibly sad and our store seemed busy but it just didn’t matter in the end.