Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $707 million for the four-week period ended Nov. 29, 2008, a decrease of 12.1% compared with sales of $805 million for the four-week period ended Dec. 1, 2007. Same-store sales for November decreased 15.9% compared with the same period in 2007.


Preliminary year-to-date sales of $6.68 billion decreased 6.2% compared with sales of $7.12 billion for the same period in 2007. Year-to-date same-store sales decreased 8.6% compared with the same period in 2007.

Due to the timing of the Thanksgiving holiday, our results for November 2008 were negatively impacted due to one less week of holiday shopping compared with November 2007.


NOVEMBER SALES RESULTS
    (unaudited; $ in millions)
                     Total Sales                       Same-store Sales(2)
                                     Percent
                  Fiscal  Fiscal    Increase/               Full-line    Rack
                   2008   2007(1)  (Decrease)    Total       Stores    Stores
                —————————–    —————————-
    November        $707    $805    (12.1%)     (15.9%)      (19.2%)    (0.6%)

    Year-to-date  $6,678  $7,119     (6.2%)      (8.6%)      (11.9%)     4.2%


    Number of stores         11/29/08         12/01/07
                                    ——–         ——–
        Full-line                     109              101
        Rack and other             60               56
                                  —              —
        Total                         169              157
                                       ===              ===
    Gross square footage   21,876,000       20,542,000



    (1) Fiscal 2007 year-to-date total sales results include sales from the
        company's domestic Faconnable boutiques through October 31, 2007 and
        sales from the company's international and wholesale Faconnable
        business through August 31, 2007.
    (2) Same-store sales results exclude sales from Faconnable.