"We're truly grateful for their historic support and wish them all the best for the future," it said, adding it still supplied about 1,200 independent stores. Puddleducks, a children's clothing store in Diggle, near Oldham, had been selling Jellycat toys for close to 20 years. But, after what she described as months of difficulty getting hold of stock, Jellycat contacted her in mid-June telling her it would no longer supply her. "We've been increasing our supply to both types of stores - small independents and national retailers - at the overall same rate," Jellycat told the BBC. The company said independent stores would continue to be "as important in our future as they've been in our past".