Fozzils came on the market a couple years after Orikaso - but IMO are better due to the snaps. They hold together better.

As for Orikaso if I remember right they were always based out of the UK.....could well be that last year with high gas prices it didn't make $$ to import them? Fozzils come in from China (we carried Fozzils in our store when they first came out and while the corporate office was in Seattle, Wa they were directly shipped from China - I actually sent our wholesale payments to China!) This would be much cheaper for REI, being based in Seattle and of which is one of the main West Coast ports....