How do you feel about Hobby Lobby? (ideology, dollars, billion)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

Really? What do you buy from Hobby Lobby?

Mostly holiday decorations & picture frames.

[Don Draper]

Originally Posted by tgbwc

Never heard of it.

Unless you are an old lady who quilts or knits, you probably don't shop there.

[soanchorless]

I'm not a Christian, but I do like that they are closed on Sundays so that employees are guaranteed that day off to spend with their families or whatever. I also am pretty sure that they start at $12/hour, so they are definitely a "socially conscious" employer, if there is such a thing.

Now, if they fund political campaigns against homosexuals like Chik-fil-a that I don't know about, I will totally change my mind.

Their products kinda suck though. A lot of overpriced crap made in China. Once I went in there, and there were 50% off signs everywhere, so I bought a few things. When I checked out, nothing was 50% off, so I was a little annoyed with that. I haven't been there since. I'm not really into anything they sell.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Don Draper

Unless you are an old lady who quilts or knits, you probably don't shop there.

Yeah...that's just how their 520 locations across the country stay in business...off of old ladies that knit quilts.

David Green started it with a $600 loan in 1970. The company was worth a net 2.28 billion in 2011 & employs 21,000 people.

[renault]

Judge: Hobby Lobby Won't Have To Pay ObamaCare Fines

[jjrose]

Same Chinese and Indian crap that I can get somewhere else, or order online, for a better price.

[monicapies]

I personally have a love/hate relationship with Jo-Ann Fabrics stores. The older ones have a seedy vibe, but I guess they seemed like respectable establishments when they were new, in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and maybe 80s, early 90s. Their newer stores are awesome though. And I find it admirable that Jo-Ann has made the effort to upgrade (by relocating) as many older stores as possible. It seems the only older ones that have been left behind are ones that are too far from the nearest available space for a new one, and are probably ones that will close for good eventually, perhaps when their leases expire. But it does seem that the newer Jo-Ann stores are often miles from the old ones that they replace, and this means the shopping centers (and neighborhoods by extention) that housed the old ones are getting left behind. Former Jo-Ann stores seem like a really hard sell for new tenants too. For example, the only two that I can name having been replaced by a new tenant have ended up a beauty school and a fitness center, so something must be very unattractive about these sites to other retail businesses.

[jojajn]

How do you feel about Hobby Lobby?

It is a store that plays cheesy religious music over the intercom while selling overpriced stuff made by child labor from China.

[Jo48]

For profit businesses are now religious organizations???? Hey, boss, what is YOUR religion since it will now be MY religion?

[biscuitmom]

Terrible customer service, junk low-quality imported knick-knacks. Some decent craft supplies and fabrics but nothing I can't find at MJD or JoAnn's. I honestly don't know how they stay in business.