We are the nation's largest fabric and craft specialty retailer, serving customers in their pursuit of apparel and craft sewing, crafting, home decorating, and other creative endeavors. Our retail stores (operating as Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts traditional stores and Jo-Ann superstores) feature a variety of competitively priced merchandise from fabrics and notions used in crafting, quilting, apparel sewing, and home decorating projects, to craft components, artificial and dried flowers, and finished seasonal merchandise. As of February 1, 2003, we operated 919 stores in 48 states (847 traditional stores and 72 superstores).