Hobby Lobby — Local services in Gypsum Township

I love this store. It's like a better version of Michael's, with a lot more stock. It can be expensive, but it's great for on sale items. I love how they merchandise their store. They have a huge section of items by theme. I love that. Their customer service is fabulous. I had a question about a magnifying light. The lady looked over the box , and couldn't find the answer, either. Then she said follow me. We'll look this over. We went to her counter, and she opened the box to look at the product. She took out the manual, and found my answer. She suggested I keep the receipt and return it, if it's not what I wanted. THEN...she said, " Next time you come in, let us know how you like it! We want to hear about how people feel about the products we sell!!!! I've heard a lot of good things about this light." Although I love shopping on Amazon, this kind of customer service is something that can't happen with on line shopping. I also got some beautiful plants that were 50% off! You can't get this size anywhere for under 10.00 (see picture) and you can't beat their quality. With Spring in the air, I'm loving their beachy themes and tons of flamingo items. They have a lot of Christian items, plus a great selection of Easter decorations. No other store has a selection like this. They have it all!! If Hobby Lobby doesn't have it, they...

Tremendous selection, even for as large of a store as it is. Everything is well organized, which I imagine must be a challenge when so many products are relevant to several different departments, however they make it work. One drawback I would note is that, unless you're up front near the registers, it is rather difficult to find staff "floating" throughout the store. That being said, once you find the right employee, they are very well equipped to locate what you're looking for by utilizing an inventory tablet. Another small downside would be cost, although that itself is always relative to a shopper's budget. You will definitely get quality for what you pay, but the price may just be at a point that some of the bargain hunters and more frugal shoppers won't have any interest outside of the rather decent sales they have or small clearance offerings. All in all, for a craft/hobby store, it has a large amount of inventory, which in turn will definitely inspire the creativeness of most of their clientele, making it a priority destination...

David Green opened the first Hobby Lobby store, in a 300-square-foot (28 m2) space in northwest Oklahoma City, in 1972.[3] Retail sales were $3,200 from August to the end of the year.[4] He moved to a larger 1,000 square foot space in January 1973. Green left his supervisor position with variety storeTG&Y to open a second Hobby Lobby in Oklahoma City in 1975, and a store opened in Tulsa, Oklahomathe next year.[3] It grew to seven stores by mid 1982,[4]and the first store outside Oklahoma opened in 1984.[3]

By the start of 1989, the chain had about 15 stores. By late 1992, it had grown to 50 locations in seven U.S. states,[5] and its growth continued to accelerate. Its 100th store opened in August 1995,[6] and its 200th in August 1999.[7] By March 2002, that number had grown to 281 stores in 24 states,[8] and 310 by October 2003.[3]

As of April 2018, the chain has more than 800 stores nationwide with the headquarters building in a 9,200,000[9]-square-foot (850,000 m2) manufacturing, distribution, and...