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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
For those who might be interested, went to the new Hobby Lobby today (Friday). As a crafter I am one who has looked forward to this. Anything new in a retirement community is cause for "excitement"...LOL... but it's a very nice store, H.L. stores tend to be large, but this seems to be an especially large one...but maybe not, might be the average. "Packed" is not an adequate description, it was most definitely packed and not just the curious. The lines were VERY long to check out and every lane was open. They obviously had a block busting revenue first day. Some have no interest, but for those of you who are also hobbyists, or just like to shop for home decorator items, fabrics, etc. it's a really nice addition to our choices here  |
Stopped around 2 ish. Longest line had 1-2 people. Either their stock didn’t get unpacked yet, or just hasn’t arrived. It is smaller than the 4 HL we have up north average size is about 55,000sf, which is what TVs new store seems to be. Stores I shop at are 65000sf to just under 70,000sf. Size does make a difference.
I found the same items in multiple areas of the store, which is unusual for HL footprints. Not sure if they had too much of the same 100 items, or just haven’t had time to consolidate and put out different stock.
Ocala while larger has been around longer so store is established, and everything is in its category of that isle.
Many items seems to be missing, or stock was either depleted, or not on retail floor.
By late fall TV should be up to par with stock, and hopefully will realize there are many crafters in and around TV.
Items that I found missing ( lot of paper stock, dies, stamps, and basic paper craft items, storage units, and high end pens and pencils) a manager stated stock will be coming in daily, and hope to keep up with supply and demand. Trying to base shopping by Ocala numbers, since that was the easiest store to drive from TV.
Michaels has been slowly going down hill, with crafts on the low end of their stock, which should help with sales at HL.