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2000 ANNUAL REPORT

What makes Nordstrom unique?

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Financial Highlights
Dollars in thousands except per share amounts

Fiscal Year

2000

% Change

$5,528,537
167,018
101,918
0.78
0.78
0.35

Net sales
Earningsbefore income taxes
Net earnings
Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share
Dividends paid per share

1999
$5,149,266
332,057
202,557
1.47
1.46
0.32

7.4
(49.7)
(49.7)
(46.9)
(46.6)
9.4

2000

1999

high

low

high

low

34.50
30.00
19.50
21.00

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

14 Management’s
Discussion and Analysis19 Consolidated Statements
of Earnings
20 Consolidated Balance
Sheets

S tock Prices
Fiscal Year

Table of Contents

18.25
16.56
14.19
14.88

44.81
39.38
33.13
28.00

34.63
30.38
23.13
21.31

21 Consolidated Statements
of Shareholders’ Equity
22 Consolidated Statements
of Cash Flows
23 Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements

Nordstrom, Inc. common stock istraded on the New York Stock Exchange

38 Ten-Year Statistical
Summary

$6,000

0.3%

(2.0)

1,500

(1.1%)

(1.0)

2,000

(2.7%)

0

2,500

4.0%

1.0

3,000

0.6%

2.0

3,500

(0.7%)

3.0

4,000

4.4%

4.0

4,500

2.7%

5.0

5,000

40 Management and
Independent Auditors’
Reports
41 Officers of the
Corporation

%6.0

5,500

1.4%

1.4%$5,529

$5,149

$5,049

$4,865

$4,458

$4,114

$3,896

$3,591

$3,416

$3,175

NYSE Symbol-JWN.

(3.0)

42 Directors and
Committees
43 Retail Store Facilities
45 Shareholder Information

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1991

1992

Net Sales

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

$0.78

1991$1.46

1,000

Comparable Store Sales

16,000

$1.41

$1.20

$0.90

$1.00

$1.23

$0.86

$1.60

14,000

$0.82

$0.82

16,056

14,487

13,593

12,614

11,754

10,713

9,998

9,282

9,224

8,590

Dollars in Millions

1.40

12,000

1.20

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10,000

1.00

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8,000

0.80

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0.60

to see this report and

4,000

0.40

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1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Total Square Footage
In Thousands

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1999

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“Through this door pass the most
courteous people in the world.”
Sign inside Nordstrom employee entrance, many locations

When you hear the wordNordstrom, what immediately comes to mind?
A great new outfit? Your favorite weekend sweater? That perfect pair of
shoes? Perhaps. But chances are, the first thing that comes to mind is a person.
The person who showed you the outfit. Sold you the sweater. Helped you find
those shoes. A friendly person. A knowledgeable person. A person with
whom you somehow just, well, clicked.
This person youcan picture so vividly represents the very foundation of our

Mickey Shapiro, a top shoe
salesperson in our Old
Orchard store in Skokie,
Illinois, has been with
Nordstrom but a short
time, yet has already made
his mark. Actually, Mickey
has been in the shoe
business for years, having
previously run his own
shoe store on Michigan
Avenue in Chicago. His
vast experience offers him
the...