104 years in the making and now its owners are closing up shop. Waugh’s Men’s and Women’s Apparel — 110 E. Heron St.
, in Aberdeen — has been around since 1920, serving Aberdeen and the rest of Grays Harbor with a variety of higher-end clothing. And then on Thursday, Daniel Crocker, owner of Waugh’s, announced the store would close. Crocker and his wife Jessica also own Tinderbox Coffee Roasters.
The Crockers have owned Waugh’s since 2020, but Daniel has worked there since 2016. Making the decision to close has been a hard one. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Waugh’s, after 104 years of serving our wonderful community,” Crocker stated in a Facebook post.
Crocker explained why the store closure is happening. The couple made the decision a couple weeks ago. The store will close its doors for the final time in a few weeks.
“We were trying to figure out other ways we could keep it open, but I just couldn’t see it going how it should be run,” Crocker said. “It was supposed to be high-quality stuff, so I wanted to keep it high-quality. We could have transferred to lower-quality, but that’s not Waugh’s.
” Crocker said business has decreased in the “past 6-7 months,” because “no one has extra money to spend.” “We knew once the economy picked up we’d have been fine, but we’re at that point where we have a rent payment every month and then all the vendors wanted money up front,” Crocker said. “It takes about $3.