Nordstrom Inc. said its same-store sales fell 4 percent in the five weeks ended Jan. 5. By concept, comps fell 6.6% at its full-line stores and rose 5.4% at Rack. Total sales for the five weeks slipped 3.8 percent to $1.22 billion from $1.27 billion in the five weeks ended Dec. 30, 2006. The company said the shift of a week of holiday shopping into November hurt December results this year
Nordstrom said its preliminary quarter-to-date same-store sales increased 0.7 percent, with total sales edging up 0.3 percent to $2.03 billion from $2.02 billion in 2006. Year-to-date, same-store sales increased 4.5 percent, with total sales rising 4.9 percent to $8.34 billion from $7.95 billion a year ago.
Nordstrom operates 156 stores located in 28 states.
