Willow Design To Close Doors With Final Blow-out Sale

In a note from Willow Design's president Nigel Peck, he wrote: Willow Design has announced that it has started a final close out sale of all its cases and dust covers before closing its doors on February 29th. The closure has been a very difficult but necessary decision based on the economics of offshore competition.

"All Willow cases are hand sewn in small batches by individual seamstresses. This has guaranteed superb quality, but this has been an expensive way to make the cases. With increased competition of offshore made cases produced at labor rates of 22¢ - 30¢ per hour, we found we just couldn't compete", commented president Nigel Peck.

The only two options were to either decrease the quality of the cases, or shift production offshore as well -- neither of which option was acceptable. "So we decided to just stop making the cases instead", said Peck.

"Stopping production was a very difficult decision as we have always been very proud of the cases we make and have really cherished the wonderful communication we've had with Willow case users around the world" said Peck. "Missing that feedback and interaction is going to be the hardest part of giving up the business - we want to express our thanks to everyone who we've met over the years."

The sale includes all Willow products so it gives the Mac community one last chance to get the quality, protection and durability of a Willow case at a substantial savings. The sale ends February 28th.

We have reviewed a number of Willow Design cases and dust covers over the years and have found them to be innovative in design and built superbly. We are very sorry to see them close down.