Nordstrom August Same-Store Sales +6.7%

Nordstrom, Inc. JWN today reported a 6.7 percent increase in same-store sales for the four-week period ended August 27, 2011 compared with the four-week period ended August 28, 2010. Preliminary total retail sales of $691 million for August 2011 increased 12.4 percent compared with total retail sales of $615 million for the same period in fiscal 2010. Year-to-date same-store sales increased 6.9 percent compared with the same period in fiscal 2010. Preliminary year-to-date total retail sales of $5.64 billion increased 12.2 percent compared with total retail sales of $5.02 billion for the same period in fiscal 2010.