Joann Fabrics & Crafts is one of the biggest fabric store chains in the US. It operates over 450 stores nationally and has eight international locations in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Canada.
Joanne Dondero founded the company as a fabric shop in Greensboro, North Carolina, called "Dondero's Ladies' Shop." The company switched to cut-rate retailing when it opened its first store outside of North Carolina in 1977.
In 1978, the company placed its first ad in a local newspaper. In 1979, the company opened 35 stores. In 1983, Joann went public, raising $19 million in the capital.
In 1985, the company acquired department store retailer Haines & Co., which had 11 stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 1986 the company's stock price doubled after Dondero hired new President Steve Seligman and restructured senior management.
The company's fortunes turned around in 1989 with the addition of a significant customer in Wal-Mart. With the help of Wal-Mart, Joann opened 500 new stores between 1990 and 1993. In 1994, the company reached $1 billion in sales for the first time.
Seligman left to run other companies and was replaced by Stephen Lebovitz in 1995. Lebovitz led an expansion into international markets, including Canada, Puerto Rico, and other Latin American countries.
Today, Joann Fabrics & Crafts operates over 450 retail stores, eight of which are outside the US. The company operates in Mexico and Puerto Rico under the name Fabricas y Muebles Joann S.A., Dominican Republic under the name Fabricas y Muebles Joann Dom Rep and Canada under the name JFA Canadian Corp.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
825 N Alafaya Trail Orlando, FL 32828Excellent place to buy upholstery materials
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
4610 S Cleveland Ave Fort Myers, FL 33907Read the details on the item
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
6424 Naples Blvd Ste 501 Naples, FL 34109Feeling a little crafty.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3379 Daniels Rd Winter Garden, FL 34787I go to Joanns for fabric for my business. Every time I come in Larissa is always there! She's smiling, dresses for the holidays, always has an amazing attitude and smile ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1325 E Florence Blvd #8 Casa Grande, AZ 85122Never too busy, big selection of fabrics
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
834-A Dawsonville Hwy Gainesville, GA 30501So neat, so clean, so friendly
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Craft Store
540 US-441 Lady Lake, FL 32159Quick checkout. Clean store. Pleasant staff.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
15201 N Cleveland Ave Ste 400 Fort Myers, FL 3390318000.00 worth craft I'm
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Home Goods Store, Craft Store, Craft Store
365 E Burleigh Blvd Tavares, FL 32778I purchased items on my list as well as others that caught my attention.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
3202 SW 35th Blvd Gainesville, FL 32608Doogie in Fabric is always great for a laugh and great advice on fabric. I always find what I am looking for.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
5921 20th St Unit B Vero Beach, FL 32966It's a small store and they don't have a lot of stuff. But the stuff is amazing and full of knowledge.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Craft Store
3942 Northlake Blvd West Palm Beach, FL 33403Was in this store about a month agolooked like it was going out of business and stuff all over the floor. Drove a little farther to store in Jensen Beach, and easily fou ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2753 S Market St Gilbert, AZ 85295Worst customer service ever.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
924 W State Rd 436 #1450 Altamonte Springs, FL 32714This is where you go when you can't find it anywhere else!!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
7360 S Gartrell Rd Aurora, CO 80016Very nice store. The employees are super helpful. The are genuinely interested what project you are working on.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
3930 S Mooney Blvd Visalia, CA 93277Great yarn prices and sales
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
341 W 104th Ave #3 Northglenn, CO 80234My daughter and I love this location. The gals here are always so helpful and informative. Tina is especially a superstar here. She makes my daughter and I feel so welcom ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2701 S College Ave Unit 160 Fort Collins, CO 80525Confusing discounts hung together for the same time frame and you don't know until checking out that they don't both apply. When it was brought up during the checkout pro ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
7951 Eastchase Pkwy Montgomery, AL 36117Larry made my day by going the extra mile. Took time to locate an item for my project from back stock. Even remembered my name from our phone call. Well done, sir!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2351 N Rose Ave Oxnard, CA 93036Awesome customer service, great selection, and convenient location!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
2580 S Colorado Blvd Denver, CO 80222I always find some deals on yarn.. can never walk out empty-handed
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
200 W Hanley Ave Suite 1101 Coeur D Alene, ID 83815Always has what I am looking for.Not this time, they were out of everything I needed.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
1790 Hurley Dr Pocatello, ID 83201Every time we go in the employees are very helpful. Garret has helped us out the last few times and we always feel very welcome.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
7609 Rogers Ave Fort Smith, AR 72903Best in Fort Smith!!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2951 Watson Blvd Warner Robins, GA 31093Great place to shop for fabric
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1509 Caldwell Blvd Nampa, ID 83651Limited stock, store appears dirty. Parking lot is horrible.Full of pot holes, standing water, it is awful.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2637 Lakewood Village Dr No North Little Rock, AR 72116Lady cutting fabric wasnt very personable Lady stocking was very nice and helpful Selection was good, price was a little higher than expected
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
425 N 32nd St Quincy, IL 62301Always receive excellent customer service here!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
143 Federal Rd Brookfield, CT 06804Lovely store! However, I had a terrible experience with the lady cutting my fabric. Dont remember her name, an older woman who was passive aggressive and made for an unpl ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1535 S Bradley Rd Santa Maria, CA 93454Decent place. I would get brought here by my artsy friends who were on the hunt for supplies. Personally not my cup of tea, but this place is always managed to have every ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
136 Elm St A Enfield, CT 06082Melissa the team member was helpful and very kind. Deb the manager is very knowledgeable and helpful. She has really kept the store up despite the hardship of not having ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2616 S Shackleford Rd A Little Rock, AR 72205The best Joann's location in this area!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
39 S Main St Torrington, CT 06790Store manager is very rude and entitled. Treats everyone like garbage bc she thinks shes better than them. She will yell at customers and employees belittling them for an ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1516 N Moorpark Rd Thousand Oaks, CA 91360Why every time I'm here there is only ONE cashier helping a huge line? And the manager came up to help the cashier with something, saw the huge line AND WALKED AWAY. I wa ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Picture Frame Shop, Craft Store
2813 E Nettleton Ave Jonesboro, AR 72401Service was great!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3051 Wabash Ave Springfield, IL 62704Always a great selection, clean store, and friendly people working there.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
206 S Promenade Blvd Rogers, AR 72758The store was stocked very well, loved the selection. The 3 stars is all due to customer service. No greeting when we entered the store, rude employee at the cutting coun ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
7255 E Broadway Blvd Tucson, AZ 85710Other than the fact that they charge right down to the last inch on fabrics,, even end of bolt cuts. If it says LAST CHANCE on the roll,it should only charge up to last f ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
283 N Dupont Hwy Ste F Dover, DE 19901I don't really go here often, but when I do, I tend to be able to find just what I'm looking for. Admittedly, I only really come here for one kind of fabric for making ch ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Fabric Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
8745 Glacier Hwy Juneau, AK 99801I visited the store over the weekend and I was slightly disappointed in what they offered. They had a little of everything but not enough of one thing to make it worth sh ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
11215 Causeway Blvd Brandon, FL 33511Clearly marked discounted price on end cape large supply so not a misplaced item. Attempt to purchase 2 of the 30 or so items very clearly marked at 70% off rang at 40% o ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2160 Foothill Blvd La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011Small store but they pack a lot of stuff! Staff is very attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable (which is important to me because most times, I don't know how much materia ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3449 Dillon Dr Pueblo, CO 81008I will NEVER use this store again. I placed a large order for tshirts online for in store pick-up. They had it ready on time and I picked them up yesterday evening. Where ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
8509 Bond Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624The store is pretty disorganized, and there are many empty shelves. It seems like they don't have enough workers to handle this big store. The custom framing is no longer ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1601 Oxbow Dr Ste 320 Montrose, CO 81401Great, I found what I was looking for at a reduced price.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2424 US-6 50 Spc 0015 Grand Junction, CO 81505FYI google maps shows the store in the wrong location. If you go where it tells you, youll go to Best Buy. The store is in the mall next to Dicks
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3911 16th St Moline, IL 61265They have coupons, but you can't use them. Coupons can't be used on sale items. Plus, they put a large list of exceptions on the coupon. Then they put lots of items on ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
4700 N University St Peoria, IL 61614Service and selection is usually pretty good, can wait at checkout frequently. My biggest concern is there highly inflated prices that drive you to their app and texted ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Craft Store
1074 Bullsboro Dr Unit #6 Newnan, GA 30265JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Craft Store
4387 Commercial Way Spring Hill, FL 34606I love this store! Cashier was super friendly! Store was clean and everything had a price on it which was so nice! Definitely will be back