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Friday, November 30, 2012

Nordstrom: It All Starts with the Shoes

From humble beginnings, chain has gained a cachet for its overall quality and selection – yet sizing and fitting of its shoes remains a hallmark that has endeared it most of all.

  When the developers of the coming Mayfair Collection in the Burleigh Triangle first hinted more than a year and a half ago that a Nordstrom Rack store would be a likely tenant, and more recently confirmed it, there was subdued excitement. "Nice to have the Nordstrom name here, finally," was the prevailing sentiment – "but wish it were a full-line Nordstrom store." After Thursday's announcement that Wauwatosa will, indeed, have its wish, a three-level Nordstrom department store at Mayfair Mall come late 2015, the enthusiasm of shoppers is nigh onto unbridled. "Very cool!" crowed Kim Wolff-Green on Wauwatosa Patch's Facebook page. Caley Clinton: "So. Excited." Beth Jaworski: "This is so fabulous! Woo hoo!" And from Carol Knuth: "Very …

Bren

11:54 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012

As long as the sales assistants are trained as well as in other Nordstrom stores I'll be well pleased. I despise shopping. At Nordstrom I can walk in, tell the assistants what I'm looking for, report to the changing/fitting area, and have them bring items for me to try on. Even tone and shoe suggestions as needed. Some items still are best custom-made but Nordstrom quality is good so items can be…   more ›

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Full-Line Nordstrom Store Coming to Mayfair Mall

Sought-after department store will site its first Wisconsin store in Wauwatosa.

Seattle-based Nordstrom on Thursday announced plans to open its first full-line store in Wisconsin at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, the largest mixed-use shopping center in Wisconsin. The company plans to open an approximately 140,000-square-foot, three-level store by fall 2015. Nordstrom will join Macy's, Boston Store, Crate & Barrel, the Apple Store and other major names at Mayfair. The store will be a new structure attached to the mall along the southeast side, between Boston Store and the office center, said Mayfair general manager Steve Smith. "There is now an entrance there, which will be changed and widened inside the mall to accommodate Nordstrom," Smith said. "And, we'll be adding a parking structure roughly between it and Boston …

greensheet

10:25 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012

I could care a less if Jesus Christ was Chairman of the Board. It is sitting on a CHOICE piece of land, takes in untold amounts of money, yet still requires fire and police protection. I will NEVER understand the whole seperation of church and state when it comes to matters like this. I'll bet the ice cream stand that sat there years before had to pony up.   more ›

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