Thanks for the support Ian
I reckon we should draw a line under this now, as Jamie has said in another post, it isn't the fact that absima have dropped SMD as their UK distributor, business is business and if they think they can do it better than we did then good luck to them (they will need it) the only problem is the dire lack of notice they gave us about their decision.
SMD is a small family run business (there are 3 of us) and yes we do distribute other brands, however how many companies do you know in this day and age that can loose roughly a third, give or take a bit of their turnover at the drop of a hat and not be affected?
SMD will recover from this, our concern is that there Won't be a job for all of us, at least in the short term as being given 2 weeks to find, negotiate, import and pay for a new line just ain't going to happen. (2 MONTHS notice would have been a whole different matter)
Interesting times are ahead for our little company...........watch this space