Nordstrom Inc. is an upscale department-store chain based in Seattle, with 231 stores in the United States, including its Rack off-price outlets.
Pictured: A customer walks out of Nordstrom in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles. (The Associated Press)
Nordstrom carries conservatively stylish fashions and a wide range of footwear. It is also known for its highly-rated customer service, with no time restrictions on purchase returns at its mainstream stores.
Pictured: A shopper enters a Nordstrom department store in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press)
In the seventies when Nordstrom opened a store in Fairbanks, Alaska, it gave a woman a refund for a tire she brought in, even though the retailer doesn’t sell tires. The store that had occupied the space previously had sold tires.
Pictured: A shopper checks out some of the new back-to-school collection at a Nordstrom store in Seattle, in this 2007 file photo. (Andrei Pungovschi/AP)
Nordstrom’s same-store sales jumped by 8.1 per cent in June, compared with a year earlier. It’s first full-line store will be launched in New York City in 2018.
Pictured: Shoppers enter the Nordstrom store located at the Somerset Collection in Troy, Mich. during Black Friday in 2008. (Gary Malerba/AP)
The company is teaming up with British cheap-chic chain Topshop to open in-store boutiques at Nordstrom stores this year.
Pictured: Top Shop clothes store employee Camesha Henry fixes the clothing of a mannequin at the Queen St. W., store location in Toronto. (Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail)
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