Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack in downtown Chicago. The 36,000-square-foot store will be located on East Chicago Avenue between North Michigan Avenue and North Rush Street, and is expected to open in Fall 2010.

The Nordstrom Rack will join a vibrant retail, dining, and hospitality presence at this city block location that includes the Chicago flagship Polo store and RL Restaurant, Tiffany & Co., Banana Republic and the five-star Peninsula Chicago hotel.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported a 2.2 percent increase in same-store sales for the four-week period ended November 28, 2009 compared with the four-week period ended November 29, 2008. Preliminary total retail sales of $749 million for November 2009 increased 5.9 percent compared with total retail sales of $707 million for the same period in fiscal 2008.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced plans to open its first Nordstrom Rack in North Carolina. The new 33,000-square-foot store will be located at Renaissance Center in Durham. The store is expected to open in fall 2010.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported net earnings of $83 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the third quarter ended October 31, 2009. For the same quarter last year, Nordstrom reported net earnings of $71 million, or $0.33 per diluted share.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported a 6.5 percent increase in same-store sales for the four-week period ended October 31, 2009 compared with the four-week period ended November 1, 2008. Preliminary total retail sales of $607 million for October 2009 increased 14.8 percent compared with total retail sales of $529 million for the same period in fiscal 2008.

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. has introduced international shopping online to better serve customers globally, the company announced today. Customers outside and inside the U.S. can now browse and buy merchandise from nordstrom.com in different currencies and easily ship items to 30 countries.

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it will open a 33,912-square-foot Nordstrom Rack, a unit of the company's off-price retail division, in the Pentagon City area of Arlington, Va. Scheduled to open in fall 2010 at Pentagon Centre, the new store will be the closest Nordstrom Rack to downtown Washington D.C.

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open its first Nordstrom Rack store in St. Louis. The 34,000-square-foot store will be located in the Brentwood Square shopping center and is expected to open in fall 2010.

Leading fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom opened its new store in Cincinnati today at Kenwood Towne Centre. When the store opened at 10 a.m., over 300 excited and applauding employees lined the store's entrances to welcome the first customers through its doors. The two-level, 138,000 sq. ft. store will offer customers a well-edited selection of quality, luxury and designer fashion brands for women, men and children.

Nordstrom, Inc. has partnered with Summit Entertainment to launch an exclusive fashion and jewelry collection inspired by the highly-anticipated Nov. 20 release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second movie adapted from Stephenie Meyer's novels. The fashion-focused collection will be available at nordstrom.com/newmoon beginning Oct. 1 and in the BP. department at Nordstrom stores beginning Oct. 15, 2009

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Nordstrom Rack to Open in Cherry Creek, Colorado

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it will open a 39,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack, a unit of the company's off-price retail division, in Cherry Creek in Denver, Colo. in spring 2010. The new store will be located at the intersection of South Colorado Boulevard and Florida Avenue.

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN), today reported preliminary retail sales of $653 million for the four-week period ended May 30, 2009, a decrease of 8.7 percent compared with retail sales of $716 million for the four-week period ended May 31, 2008. Same-store sales for May decreased 13.1 percent compared with the same period in fiscal 2008.