Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores, opened in Stephenville, Texas last week ahead of its announced Feb. 14 opening date.
(For a list of first week sales and offers, see page A7 of this edition.)
Joshua Gossett is the store manager of the 50,000 square-foot retail facility located at US Route 377 and Washington Street.
The Stephenville store is Hobby Lobby’s 111th location in Texas.
“Once you visit Hobby Lobby, you will see that we are very unique, offering the widest variety of merchandise in the craft and home decor market under one roof,” stated Kelly Black, Assistant Vice President of Advertising “We’re tremendously excited about becoming a part of the Stephenville community.”
Hobby Lobby has over 900 stores across the nation. Each store offers more than 70,000 crafting and home decor products including floral, fabric, needle art, custom framing, baskets, home accents, wearable art, arts and crafts, jewelry making, scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies. Store hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hobby Lobby stores are closed on Sunday.
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., an Oklahoma Citybased private corporation, began as Greco, a miniature picture frame company in 1970. When David Green moved his business from the family home to a 300 square-foot retail space in 1972, Hobby Lobby was born. It is the nation’s largest privately-owned arts and crafts retailer.
For more information about Hobby Lobby, weekly specials, store locations and online shopping, visit hobbylobby. com, download the mobile app or follow on Facebook at facebook.com/ hobbylobby.
—Citizen staff report