It makes me wonder what the downstream effects will be in regards to fabric notions and other sewing supplies.

Joann has been in and out of bankruptcy so many times I suppose it was just a matter of time that one would be unrecoverable. It's too bad that they could not make it work, but as others have said, I don't think they had a clue as to really what the American sewer and crafter was looking for in a store. There was way too much inferior quality, and that kept happening again and again.