diff --git a/application/controllers/Customers.php b/application/controllers/Customers.php
index 8d5962718..ec6fd8890 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Customers.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Customers.php
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ class Customers extends Persons
 				
 				if(count($failCodes) > 0)
 				{
-					$msg = 'Most customers imported. But some were not, here is list of their CODE (' . count($failCodes) . '): ' . implode(', ', $failCodes);
+					$message = 'Most customers imported. But some were not, here is the list (' . count($failCodes) . '): ' . implode(', ', $failCodes);
 					
-					echo json_encode(array('success' => FALSE, 'message' => $msg));
+					echo json_encode(array('success' => FALSE, 'message' => $message));
 				}
 				else
 				{
diff --git a/application/controllers/Items.php b/application/controllers/Items.php
index 431edb1e2..9ff1e0160 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Items.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Items.php
@@ -577,14 +577,9 @@ class Items extends Secure_Controller
 
     public function do_excel_import()
     {
-        $message = 'do_excel_import';
-        $failCodes = array();
-
         if($_FILES['file_path']['error'] != UPLOAD_ERR_OK)
         {
             echo json_encode(array('success' => FALSE, 'message' => $this->lang->line('items_excel_import_failed')));
-
-            return;
         }
         else
 		{
@@ -592,8 +587,10 @@ class Items extends Secure_Controller
             {
                 // Skip the first row as it's the table description
                 fgetcsv($handle);
-
                 $i = 1;
+				
+				$failCodes = array();
+		
                 while(($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE)
                 {
 					// XSS file data sanity check
@@ -722,27 +719,23 @@ class Items extends Secure_Controller
 
 					$i++;
                 }
+				
+				if(count($failCodes) > 0)
+				{
+					$message = 'Most Items imported. But some were not, here is the list (' . count($failCodes) . '): ' . implode(', ', $failCodes);
+					
+					echo json_encode(array('success' => FALSE, 'message' => $message));
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					echo json_encode(array('success' => TRUE, 'message' => 'Import of Items successful'));
+				}
             }
             else 
             {
                 echo json_encode(array('success' => FALSE, 'message' => 'Your uploaded file has no data or wrong format'));
-
-                return;
             }
         }
-
-		$success = TRUE;
-		if(count($failCodes) > 0)
-		{
-			$message = 'Most items imported. But some were not, here is list of their codes (' . count($failCodes) . '): ' . implode(', ', $failCodes);
-			$success = FALSE;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$message = 'Import of Items successful';
-		}
-
-		echo json_encode(array('success' => $success, 'message' => $message));
 	}
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/application/views/customers/form_excel_import.php b/application/views/customers/form_excel_import.php
index 4ad7684e8..5419c8fdf 100644
--- a/application/views/customers/form_excel_import.php
+++ b/application/views/customers/form_excel_import.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ul id="error_message_box" class="error_message_box"></ul>
 
-<?php echo form_open_multipart('customers/do_excel_import/', array('id'=>'item_form', 'class'=>'form-horizontal')); ?>
+<?php echo form_open_multipart('customers/do_excel_import/', array('id'=>'excel_form', 'class'=>'form-horizontal')); ?>
 	<fieldset id="item_basic_info">
 		<div class="form-group form-group-sm">
 			<div class="col-xs-12">
@@ -24,28 +24,26 @@
 //validation and submit handling
 $(document).ready(function()
 {	
-	$('#item_form').validate($.extend({
-		submitHandler:function(form)
-		{
+	$('#excel_form').validate($.extend({
+		submitHandler:function(form) {
 			$(form).ajaxSubmit({
-			success:function(response)
-			{
-				dialog_support.hide();
-				table_support.handle_submit('<?php echo site_url('customers'); ?>', response);
-			},
-			dataType:'json'
-		});
-
+				success:function(response)
+				{
+					dialog_support.hide();
+					$.notify(response.message, { type: response.success ? 'success' : 'danger'} );
+				},
+				dataType: 'json'
+			});
 		},
 		errorLabelContainer: "#error_message_box",
  		wrapper: "li",
 		rules: 
 		{
-			file_path:"required"
+			file_path: "required"
    		},
 		messages: 
 		{
-   			file_path:"<?php echo $this->lang->line('common_import_full_path'); ?>"
+   			file_path: "<?php echo $this->lang->line('common_import_full_path'); ?>"
 		}
 	}, form_support.error));
 });
diff --git a/application/views/items/form_excel_import.php b/application/views/items/form_excel_import.php
index d9354b7f8..95daf7618 100644
--- a/application/views/items/form_excel_import.php
+++ b/application/views/items/form_excel_import.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ul id="error_message_box" class="error_message_box"></ul>
 
-<?php echo form_open_multipart('items/do_excel_import/', array('id'=>'item_form', 'class'=>'form-horizontal')); ?>
+<?php echo form_open_multipart('items/do_excel_import/', array('id'=>'excel_form', 'class'=>'form-horizontal')); ?>
 	<fieldset id="item_basic_info">
 		<div class="form-group form-group-sm">
 			<div class="col-xs-12">
@@ -24,28 +24,26 @@
 //validation and submit handling
 $(document).ready(function()
 {	
-	$('#item_form').validate($.extend({
-		submitHandler:function(form)
-		{
+	$('#excel_form').validate($.extend({
+		submitHandler:function(form) {
 			$(form).ajaxSubmit({
-			success:function(response)
-			{
-				dialog_support.hide();
-				table_support.handle_submit('<?php echo site_url('items'); ?>', response);
-			},
-			dataType:'json'
-		});
-
+				success:function(response)
+				{
+					dialog_support.hide();
+					$.notify(response.message, { type: response.success ? 'success' : 'danger'} );
+				},
+				dataType: 'json'
+			});
 		},
 		errorLabelContainer: "#error_message_box",
  		wrapper: "li",
 		rules: 
 		{
-			file_path:"required"
+			file_path: "required"
    		},
 		messages: 
 		{
-   			file_path:"<?php echo $this->lang->line('common_import_full_path'); ?>"
+   			file_path: "<?php echo $this->lang->line('common_import_full_path'); ?>"
 		}
 	}, form_support.error));
 });