I have good news and bad news this week from LAMCS, who being the most popular Crocs supplier in the UK are a good barometer of what’s happening out there in Crocsland (more precisely what’s happening at Crocs EU headquarters in the Netherlands).

Okay the good news first. LAMCS has received a huge (8000 pairs) delivery of Crocs Caymans, both Adults Crocs Cayman and Kids Crocs Cayman. This means they are able to fill all those Crocs backorders AND crucially have a really good stock status online for Adult Crocs Caymans and in many of the popular sizes and colours are now in stock.

Now the bad news. LAMCS have temporary withdrawn their excellent pre-order facility due to “uncertainty in the Crocs supply chain”. To Dr Crocs that’s PR spin for Crocs Europe are big on the promises and short (make that very short) on delivery. I have heard this from other retailers. The knock on effect means LAMCS have temporary removed the new summer styles from their website as they have taken as many pre-orders as they can foreseeably fill.

Sassari went two weeks ago then Kids Caymans and now *all* the new Crocs flip flop styles are all gone from the website, albeit “temporarily”.

LAMCS hopes to reinstate these new style Crocs when they actually receive a physical shipment (and fulfill the pre-orders they already have). Their website states that is hopefully next week.

I’m glad to see that rather than risk disappointing their customers with uncertain delivery times, LAMCS have taken the bold step to remove the items temporarily. That’s gotta hurt when you are a retailer.