Updates from David Morgan LLC
David Morgan is at a crossroads. Please check this page for updates from David Morgan LLC as we face face the challenges in 2025 of changing vendor relations, increased leasing costs and tariffs. More information can also be found on our blog.
May 12, 2025
With our lease now extended through May 2026, we now know we will be publishing a fall print catalog. We expect to mail in late summer/early fall. If you are already on our mailing list, please expect to receive the catalog once published. We are now pretty much out of our Fall/Winter 2024 print catalog. You are welcome to request our Fall 2025 print catalog but please bear in mind it won’t be published or mailed until the end of the summer/early fall.
April 7, 2025
On April 2 President Trump announced sweeping tariffs effective immediately. These tariffs, if not rescinded, will hurt our business and you, our customers. Almost half the products we sell are imported. We will have to pass on the full cost of the tariffs to you our customers. For the moment, we are holding our prices but will have some outages before we have clarity.
Another worry for us is how the US will handle these tariffs — given the high level of federal layoffs by DOGE we worry our imported shipments will face delays. If our shipments need formal clearance to assess the tariffs we will incur further costs.
We thank you, our customers, for your continued support as we do our best to navigate through these chaotic times. Below are some of the tariffs that affect us directly.
Australia — 10% tariff
Canada – 25% tariff
China – 54% tariff
New Zealand – 10% tariff
United Kingdom – 10% tariff
It is unclear how our costs of other products such as the Panama hats will be affected. The Panama hats are woven in Ecuador but finished and trimmed in Slovakia and the US.
March 26, 2025
Good news! This week negotiations with our landlord were successful and we have extended our lease through May 2026. We will be open and bringing you our great selection of products through 2025. The added year will give us time to optimize and adjust to the changing landscape of retail.
March 25, 2025
Reef Leather, supplier of our crocodile products, has just let us know they are retiring and unable to supply more inventory. At this time, our inventory is limited to stock on hand.
List Crocodlian Leather Products
March 18, 2025
Dear Customers and Community,
In the more than 60 years we’ve been in operation, we’ve experienced a lot of different things. We’ve seen many suppliers come and go, and we’ve occupied at least five buildings over the years if you don’t count the house on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle where David and Dorothy first started the business. Through the years and from the various places we’ve brought our valued customers together with unique quality items of good value.
It feels to me like the need to change has never been greater. Our largest supplier Akubra was recently purchased, and our partnership is changing at a time when we’ve been asked for a large rent increase. Our lease is up soon. We import a lot of the things we sell. Federal tariffs have increased and may increase more. There is so much uncertainty that we’ve reluctantly decided not to print and mail a catalog this spring.
We are well stocked and are holding most prices for now. We are happy to take your orders over the phone 9 am to 5 pm Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Our website is always on duty.
We are clearing out our warehouse after 38 years in Bothell, including a unique selection of one-of-a-kind items.
We should like to find a new home for David’s extensive whip and leather goods collection. We are also documenting towards sale a collection of hat making equipment, sewing machines and a hat blocking machine, as well as over 700 hat blocks that were previously owned and used by Churchill Hatters of Seattle from around 1925 to 1975.
If you are interested in purchasing these unique collections or know someone who might be please let me know!
We will be selling miscellaneous odds and ends collected over the years of our existence in a new eBay store, coming soon.
Leasing is hard in times of inflation. If you own a suitable 3000 – 6000 square foot building that you’d like to lease to us or sell, please let me know.
Thank you,
Will
Will Morgan
Manager
David Morgan
March 4, 2025
President Trump has imposed tariffs of 25% on goods imported from Canada and Mexico. These tariffs will affect the products we offer from Stanfield’s, J.B. Field’s Socks, Boma & Panabo and Tilley. We are holding our prices at this time but will need to pass on the full tariff cost to you, our customers, when we restock.