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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MIDDLEMAS ROBERT J
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O NORDSTROM, INC.
1617 SIXTH AVENUE
(Street)
SEATTLE WA 98101
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/20/2013 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORDSTROM INC [ JWN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 15,410 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (1) 03/01/2017 Common Stock 9,772 53.63 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 02/28/2018 Common Stock 13,179 38.02 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (3) 02/27/2019 Common Stock 20,000 13.47 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (4) 02/26/2020 Common Stock 14,807 36.94 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (5) 02/25/2021 Common Stock 15,006 45.49 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (6) 02/22/2022 Common Stock 14,706 52.63 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 03/04/2023 Common Stock 16,418 53.82 D
Stock Units (8) (8) Common Stock 2,664.81 (9) D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 3/1/2008.
2. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/28/2009.
3. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/27/2010.
4. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on 2/26/2011.
5. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on 2/25/2012.
6. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on 2/22/2013.
7. The option is exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on 3/4/2014.
8. The stock units are convertible into issuer's common stock and payable upon the occurrence of certain events, including the reporting person's retirement from the issuer.
9. Stock unit dividend paid on performance share units that were deferred at the election of the reporting person under the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Remarks:
Paula McGee, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert J. Middlemas 11/26/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Power of Attorney



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of (i) the

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (currently

Robert B. Sari), an officer of Nordstorm, Inc. and (ii) the Corporate

Paralegal (currently Paula McGee),an employee of Nordstrom, Inc.,

signing singly, the undersigned's true and and lawful attorney-in-fact

to:



 (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Nordstrom,

Inc. the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID in accordance

with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the

rules thereunder;



 (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf

of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID, and any amendment

or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange

or similar authority; and



 (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form

and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.





The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise

of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying

and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-

facts'substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done

by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.



The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934.  The undersigned agrees to hold harmless the Company

and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact for the performance of the

foregoing actions in the exercise of any rights and powers herein

granted.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day of November, 2013.



/s/ Robert J. Middlemas



Signature