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
Fabric Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1539 Martin Luther King Blvd Houma, LA 70360They have all fabrics lol
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
3200 E Agency St Suite 110 Burlington, IA 52601Barb and another employee were hollering out loud about the Styrofoam and then they went on talking about how they hate when people come in and end up putting items back.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3271 Marketplace Dr Council Bluffs, IA 51501Stafford super nice and super helpful!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
1205 SE 16th Ct Ste 200 Ankeny, IA 50021Friendly staff. Great coupons, just make sure to show the app at checkout. Most of the time they will show me a coupon for a better price. I also enjoy window shopping at ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
500 Indianhead Dr Mason City, IA 50401Yesterday at 2:00 pm I arrived at this store to do some shopping, it always has good offers so I took some things when I got to pay the cashier did not apply any discount ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
2600 Dodge St Suite A-4 Dubuque, IA 52003Always good to go here for supplies when my fiancee has a project she wants to do. Also really helpful to have the crafting space that they are totally chill with custome ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
1151 Sanguinetti Rd Sonora, CA 95370Jesse was so incredible and helpful. I wish I could give him more stars.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Fabric Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
5034 SE 14th St Des Moines, IA 50320I sat in the parking lot. My wife purchased several sale items.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
840 Blue Lakes Blvd N Twin Falls, ID 83301They have many kinds of fabric and lots of gadgets. The service is excellent.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
2610 25th St Columbus, IN 47201I always save with the app and the coupons. HOBBY LOBBY doesn't have coupons anymore. So I prefer Joanns. They have a great varietu for all my craft needs and they also h ... more
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
10401 E US Hwy 36 Avon, IN 46123Good prices cuz there's always a sale on something.... Very friendly and helpful staff..... Decent variety and assortment of materials.... Plus they always have a coupon ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
5612 Grape Rd Mishawaka, IN 46545can of busy and need to restock the DMC thread.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1260 U.S. Hwy 31 N Greenwood, IN 46142Wonderful crafts store! I prefer to come here than to any other craft store. They have almost everything I need in order to do my crafts. Friendly and helpful staff and a ... 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
425 N 32nd St Quincy, IL 62301Always receive excellent customer service here!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1625 W McGalliard Rd Muncie, IN 47304Great
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
3310 Shoppers Dr Mchenry, IL 60050Love the selection of knit fabric!! Love having a fabric craft store so close!!!
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1025 Veterans Pkwy Clarksville, IN 47129Carola was awesome!!!
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, Home Goods Store
1406 Pilgrim Ln Plymouth, IN 46563Love love love this place! If I have a question, the staff is very helpful. On top of that, they are all so nice. The prices can't be beat either. If you add the coupons ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
2917 N Vermilion St C17 Danville, IL 61832Becoming very disenchanted with not just the fact that simple button snaps cost 300% more at joanns ($7.99)than what they cost at Hobby Lobby($1.99) but the insane wait f ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1129 N Baldwin Ave #32 Marion, IN 46952I came here yesterday to get some fall fabric to make pet bandanas and some fall decor. Staff was very nice and cut my fabric. I even snagged a few really great deals. St ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
2056 IL-50 Bourbonnais, IL 60914I was greeted when I entered the store; that's a plus for me. Andrae was very kind and helpful and so was Ginny. The Customer service here was on point.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
1224 James Ave Bedford, IN 47421Love shopping here! Lots of fun crafts and seasonal decor. Great customer service and coupons by mail, email, and on the app.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3940 IL-251 Suite A1 Peru, IL 61354I used to like going here, but the new staff is not friendly and they enjoy arguing with customers even if the customer is right. They don't like to honor their sales, an ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
5705 S US Hwy 41 Terre Haute, IN 47802My experience with the physical store has always been pleasant the only complaint I have isn't with any specific locations but, instead, the place that does shipping .... ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
1920 N Henderson St Galesburg, IL 61401Selection was weak, prices crazy.
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, Bead Store, Craft Store
1332 E Main St Carbondale, IL 62901Exactamatic
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
3527 E Main St Richmond, IN 47374Great fabric sales.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Art Supply Store, Bead Store
526 Illinois Rte 59 Naperville, IL 60540We love the sales but the bathroom at this place needs a deep cleaning. McDonalds has a cleaner bathroom than yall.
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
1719 E Empire St Bloomington, IL 617046th
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
1611 S West Ave Freeport, IL 61032Lady gave me advise on something that she knew nothing about when I clearly knew what I was doing and simply ignored me and told me it was a dumb idea said thanks for the ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
1916 E 80th Ave #14 Merrillville, IN 46410They had a lovely yarn selection and everyone was very friendly. Latia was so amazing and patient with us during checkout. I didn't even know there was an app, but she ma ... more
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, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3703 N Newton St Jasper, IN 47546Great selection in a small space. The single employee I saw was wonderful, but constantly busy. Could use angry employer on the floor.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
2200 1184 El Mercado Loop Ste 1182 Sierra Vista, AZ 85635We all love having a Joann's in Sierra Vista. The staff has always been very pleasant and knowledgeable.
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
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, Bead Store, Craft Store
433 Center St B Ludlow, MA 01056Very helpful and friendly staff. Good prices.
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
43 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington, MA 01803Cashier 807706, on 6/16/23, at 5:32, in Burlington, was the sweetest and most helpful salesperson! She immediately stopped what she was doing, helped me, and we had a lov ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
10545 S Mall Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70809Nice store, first visit ... visiting family
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Bead Store, Craft Store
10030 E Washington St Indianapolis, IN 46229If store has police on not accepting cash bigger then 20 should be posted or explained not just turn down rudely by cashier and not given reason. Asked for manager and re ... more
JOANN Fabric and Crafts
Craft Store, Craft Store, Home Goods Store
3483 W 3rd St Bloomington, IN 47404I love the store and would absolutely love to work there but it seems they wasted my time and money. I went in for an interview and was told to wait until Friday to hear ... more