Re: Walmart observations
Posted: May 2nd, 2019, 12:03 pm
I do remember fish tanks at Walmart years ago, but honestly haven't paid attention to that so am unsure if any locations near me still have them.TW-Upstate NY wrote: ↑May 2nd, 2019, 12:03 pmNoticed almost half the tanks empty in the Amsterdam, NY store this morning.
Even after renovations (to a Supercenter during their "reduce the SKUs" phase) and further ones after that, the tanks at my store are located near the back not far from the household cleaning projects. But "not restocking fish" is an issue I haven't looked into, and I don't particularly want to since Walmart is a pain to get in and out of (and there's nothing I need at the time that I can't get elsewhere).Super S wrote: ↑May 2nd, 2019, 7:25 pmI do remember fish tanks at Walmart years ago, but honestly haven't paid attention to that so am unsure if any locations near me still have them.TW-Upstate NY wrote: ↑May 2nd, 2019, 12:03 pmNoticed almost half the tanks empty in the Amsterdam, NY store this morning.
Walmart's fabric department used to do a really good business in most stores I went to back in the 90s-mid 2000s. When Project Impact was launched, most stores did away with it until about 5 years ago when it came back. However, with the most recent remodel of my nearest Walmart, the department got a lot smaller after the move, and the cutting counter is much smaller than it was before (which was already smaller than what it had before Project Impact removed it). I'm not seeing much activity in fabrics whenever I happen to walk by. Years ago, there was usually at least one attendant, if not two always in the department. Now it appears they'd have to find someone if they want fabric cut.mbz321 wrote: ↑May 6th, 2019, 8:52 pm Poking around on the Walmart subreddit, looks like all locations are ditching fish over the next few months and the section will be replaced by refrigerated pet food. It's about damn time and absolutely horrific that they sold fish for as long as they had. Oddly enough, a nearby Supercenter that opened a few years ago had tanks installed despite all the other area locations that stopped selling them years ago.
One commenter posted that custom-cut fabrics might be going away as well.
I'm not sure if my Walmart has anyone cutting fabric anymore, but I seem to recall that the new area (which appeared after Project Impact, as the Walmart was expanded right in the middle of it) only has a desk at the end-cap and I don't think it's staffed regularly. In the old, pre-Impact days with the regular Wal-Mart, fabrics (and the adjacent crafts area) was an absolutely massive section with a long table and at least one person there, often two.cjd wrote: ↑May 7th, 2019, 3:26 pmWalmart's fabric department used to do a really good business in most stores I went to back in the 90s-mid 2000s. When Project Impact was launched, most stores did away with it until about 5 years ago when it came back. However, with the most recent remodel of my nearest Walmart, the department got a lot smaller after the move, and the cutting counter is much smaller than it was before (which was already smaller than what it had before Project Impact removed it). I'm not seeing much activity in fabrics whenever I happen to walk by. Years ago, there was usually at least one attendant, if not two always in the department. Now it appears they'd have to find someone if they want fabric cut.mbz321 wrote: ↑May 6th, 2019, 8:52 pm Poking around on the Walmart subreddit, looks like all locations are ditching fish over the next few months and the section will be replaced by refrigerated pet food. It's about damn time and absolutely horrific that they sold fish for as long as they had. Oddly enough, a nearby Supercenter that opened a few years ago had tanks installed despite all the other area locations that stopped selling them years ago.
One commenter posted that custom-cut fabrics might be going away as well.
I guess I was wrong about Walmart having removed fabrics with project impact. I'm pretty sure that's around the time they disappeared here, but that could have been on a per-store basis. I do recall there being a lot of people upset about it, so Walmart added fabrics back a few years after here. But the way the department was arranged, was still more open when they added it back than it is now. It was by the shoe department. Now with the Black Decor 2.0 remodel it's stuck in an aisle near the stationery and office supplies, and like where you are, the desk is just an end cap here too. I have seen an employee cutting fabric, since then, but only once. The department doesn't seem as busy as before it moved.pseudo3d wrote: ↑May 7th, 2019, 6:32 pm I'm not sure if my Walmart has anyone cutting fabric anymore, but I seem to recall that the new area (which appeared after Project Impact, as the Walmart was expanded right in the middle of it) only has a desk at the end-cap and I don't think it's staffed regularly. In the old, pre-Impact days with the regular Wal-Mart, fabrics (and the adjacent crafts area) was an absolutely massive section with a long table and at least one person there, often two.
I think it might have gone for Project Impact, but only for a while (my directory from the time it expanded, it briefly had a print directory) doesn't even list Fabrics, it just has a small "Crafts" section. The chronology of my home store was that it was built in the late 1980s and expanded in the 1990s (the 1990s format moved the entrance to the right side, with a McDonald's, eventually Radio Grill and Subway), with some large departments in certain sections, like a large shoe department in the center-back, clothing in the far-right-back, and fabrics in the far-left-back, and a pharmacy/HBA area right in the center-front of the store.cjd wrote: ↑May 7th, 2019, 7:28 pmI guess I was wrong about Walmart having removed fabrics with project impact. I'm pretty sure that's around the time they disappeared here, but that could have been on a per-store basis. I do recall there being a lot of people upset about it, so Walmart added fabrics back a few years after here. But the way the department was arranged, was still more open when they added it back than it is now. It was by the shoe department. Now with the Black Decor 2.0 remodel it's stuck in an aisle near the stationery and office supplies, and like where you are, the desk is just an end cap here too. I have seen an employee cutting fabric, since then, but only once. The department doesn't seem as busy as before it moved.pseudo3d wrote: ↑May 7th, 2019, 6:32 pm I'm not sure if my Walmart has anyone cutting fabric anymore, but I seem to recall that the new area (which appeared after Project Impact, as the Walmart was expanded right in the middle of it) only has a desk at the end-cap and I don't think it's staffed regularly. In the old, pre-Impact days with the regular Wal-Mart, fabrics (and the adjacent crafts area) was an absolutely massive section with a long table and at least one person there, often two.
You'd think being that there are no fabric shops anywhere nearby, that the department would do a good business. I haven't paid attention to what this department looks like at the Walmart in next town. That store has same decor but is a much newer build than mine.