Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts

From one 1400-square-foot store in 1943 to almost 1,000 United States locations today-employing more.. read more than 20,000 people-Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., has not only witnessed a creative explosion in sewing and crafts, it has helped inspire it.

Hilda and Berthold Reich, along with their friends, Sigmund and Mathilda Rohrbach, founded the business in 1943. Both immigrant couples from Nazi...