We introduced the magnetic closure 3.5 years ago to Guatemala, by one of our Estes Park Colorado customers insisting that she must have them and her old supplier had refused to work with her.  We immediately took the magnet sets and handed them out to stores and the co-ops, as we did not care who would work with them. It took almost a year to get them installed properly and with the right magnet.   Bobbi actually figured out how to hide the magnet and still have it close properly. Now they are everywhere and we think we have helped solidify the Guatemala bead work with this.