SEATTLE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported preliminary sales of $499.0 million for the four-week period ending May 29, 2004, an increase of 11.7 percent compared to sales of $446.8 million for the four-week period ending May 31, 2003.

SEATTLE, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), announced today it has signed a letter of intent to open an approximately 200,000 square foot store at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, HI. The three- level store will be located on the Mauka side of the mall on Kapiolani Boulevard

SEATTLE, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it has signed a letter of intent with General Growth Properties, Inc. to open its first store in the Greater Boston area at Natick Mall in Natick, Mass.

SEATTLE, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported net earnings of $68.7 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2004, which ended May 1, 2004. For the same period last year, net earnings and earnings per diluted share were $27.2 million and

SEATTLE, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc.'s (NYSE: JWN) board of directors announced that it has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on June 15, 2004, to shareholders of record on May 28, 2004. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001011/NORDLOGO )

SEATTLE, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported preliminary sales of $491.7 million for the four-week period ending May 1, 2004, an increase of 12.4 percent compared to sales of $437.5 million for the four-week period ending May 3, 2003.

SEATTLE, Apr 8, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported preliminary sales of $620.8 million for the five-week period ending April 3, 2004, an increase of 19.8 percent compared to sales of $518.2 million for the five-week period ending April 5, 2003.

SEATTLE, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it has signed a letter of intent with The Forbes Company to open a new store at The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

SEATTLE, March 12 -- Leading fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom, Inc. opened its 93rd full-line store in Charlotte, N.C. today at SouthPark Mall. Over 350 applauding store employees lined the aisles of the 144,000-square foot store to cheer the first customers through the door.

SEATTLE, Mar 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) today reported preliminary sales of $431.3 million for the 28-day period ending February 28, 2004, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to sales of $385.8 million for the 29-day period ending March 1, 2003.