Nordstrom

The Nordstrom, Inc. is an American department store and mail order chain. The headquarters and most important flagship store are located in Seattle, Washington. Nordstrom operates in the upper price segment with rivals such as Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor. In Germany, as in all of Europe, we have no business operations.

History

Nordstrom was founded in 1901 as a single shoe store of the Swedish immigrant John W. Nordstrom and Carl Wallin in Seattle. It took 22 years until a second shoe store was come. In 1928, John W. Nordstrom retired from the business and transferred his shares to his two sons. 1929 resigned also Wallin and sold their two sons Nordstroms his shares. It took another 31 years until the business had expanded to eight stores in two states. In 1963, the company, in addition to shoes and clothing for sale began.

Since 1971, Nordstrom is a publicly traded company. 1988, a collaboration with the French fashion brand Faconnable was launched and sold their products for men and women in the Nordstrom stores. Nordstrom bought the company Faconnable in 2000, came across it again in 2007 and leads the brand still in the range. The end of 2011 there were in the United States 117 Nordstrom stores (2009: 112), in which offers clothing, footwear and cosmetics, jewelry and accessories, such as Handbags are sold, and 108 outlet stores under the name Nordstom Rack ( 2009: 72) .. For several years, the product range is also distributed over the Internet. The opening of new stores in the U.S. is planned.

Nordstrom 2007 (English, for example: " The 100 best employer of the year 2007" ) is by Fortune magazine in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list listed on rank 24. The company is widely known for its good customer service.