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Rue La La appoints an industry veteran to head up its travel division

Members-only web retailer Rue La La has appointed travel industry veteran and entrepreneur Marka Jenkins Waechter general manager of its experiences division. She will be responsible for expanding Rue La La`s partnerships with luxury travel providers.

Posted 02/08/2010Zak StamborPost a comment

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Online holiday weekend sales were up 7.4% as Monday’s sales tie a record

More consumers shopped online and fewer went to stores this weekend. That development led to a comparable shift in sales results: Online sales for the weekend rose 7.4%, while overall retail sales grew only 1.6%, according to reports released today.

Posted 12/02/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

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Web sales outpaced store sales for Nordstrom in the third quarter

It’s a familiar story at Nordstrom as the web continues to outperform other channels. In Q3 web sales increased 16.4% while total sales increased 3.3% and same-store sales declined 1.2%.

Posted 11/18/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Nordstrom Q2 web sales grew as store and total sales declined

The web generated the only growth in sales and accounted for a greater share of total revenue for Nordstrom in Q2. Web sales grew 3.5% while total revenue and comparable-store sales declined by 6.6% and 9.8%, respectively.

Posted 08/18/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Conservative consumer spending kept Nordstrom web sales flat in Q1

Web sales for the quarter ended May 5 stayed the same year over year. Total sales and comparable-store sales declined by 9% and 13.2%, respectively.

Posted 06/15/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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The web grew while store sales shrank for Nordstrom in 2008

It was the Internet and not stores that provided the only growth in sales for Nordstrom in 2008. E-commerce sales for the year grew by 8.4% while total sales and same-store sales declined by 6% and 9%, respectively.

Posted 04/15/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Web sales growth swamped other sales channels in Q3

Online sales of 42 publicly held retailers doing business on the web grew at a surprising 21% rate in the third quarter while total sales of those same retailers during that period grew only 1.4%, according to analysis by Internet Retailer.

Posted 12/10/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Only the web grew for Nordstrom in the third quarter

The web gave Nordstrom Inc. some good news to report in an otherwise bleak third quarter. For the third quarter ended Nov. 1, Nordstrom grew web sales by 8.5% while total sales and comparable store sales shrank by 8.4% and 11.1%, respectively.

Posted 11/14/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment