New store marks the company's first international flagship
location
SEATTLE, Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fashion
specialty retailer Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) opened the doors to
its new store at Pacific Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia today, the
company's first international flagship location. The 230,000
square-foot flagship store offers a curated selection of
merchandise from many of the world's best brands from accessible to
luxury price points.
"Our goal is to make this a great store," said Chris Wanlass, Nordstrom Pacific Centre store
manager. "Not just a great Nordstrom store, but one of the world's
greatest stores. We look forward to serving both local customers
and visitors from around the world."
Pacific Centre marks the third of six announced Nordstrom stores
to open in Canada through 2017.
Future openings include: Toronto Eaton Centre opening September 16, 2016; Yorkdale Centre, Toronto opening October
21, 2016; Sherway Gardens, Toronto in spring 2017.
"Cadillac Fairview is proud to
welcome Nordstrom to Pacific Centre, our third of five Nordstrom
stores to open across Cadillac
Fairview shopping centres," said John Sullivan, President and CEO, The Cadillac
Fairview Corporation Limited. "Today we've met two goals – to
transform an entire city block and introduce Nordstrom to
Vancouver."
Customers can shop designer fashion from Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, Delvaux, Balenciaga, Missoni,
Valentino and others. The store also offers apparel and accessories
from Rebecca Minkoff, Sam Edelman, Tory
Burch, Madewell, Alice + Olivia, Theory, Diane von Furstenberg and more, as well as the
best in beauty and fragrance.
The store is the sixth to feature the company's newest design
concepts, which incorporates natural light with a clean, single
surface floor throughout in the hopes that it will create a sense
of discovery for customers to experience new brands. The flagship
store will also offer several services to enhance the shopping
experience such as Concierge, 24-Hour Express Service, 2-Hour
Delivery Service, China UnionPay, Shoe Shine, Language Ambassadors,
Studio Services, a JWN Private Shopping Suite, Canada's first-ever Sugarfina candy shop and
Drybar blow out bar, three food offerings and more.
Opening day kicked off at 7:30
a.m. with a Beauty Bash hosted by Nordstrom just outside the
store under a tent on Robson Street. Customers experienced
complimentary skincare consultations, demonstrations and makeup
lessons from the store's team of beauty and fragrance experts. More
than 950 employees were standing by to greet the first customers to
walk through the doors at 9:30
a.m.
Nordstrom hosted and underwrote the cost of a sold-out fashion
show and in-store gala for 2,250 guests earlier this week. Proceeds
from tickets sales raised $420,000
for local organizations BC Children's Hospital Foundation, BC
Women's Hospital + Health Centre Foundation, Covenant House
Vancouver and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Special guests included
actress and supermodel Amber
Valletta, actress Camilla
Belle, actress and supermodel Karolina Kurkova and actor Zachary Quinto.
About Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is a leading fashion
specialty retailer based in the U.S. Founded in 1901 as a shoe
store in Seattle, today Nordstrom
operates 310 stores in 38 states and Canada. Customers are served at 119 Nordstrom
stores in the U.S. and Canada; 183
Nordstrom Rack stores; two Jeffrey boutiques; and one clearance
store. Additionally, customers are served online through
Nordstrom.com, Nordstromrack.com and HauteLook. The company also
owns Trunk Club, a personalized clothing service serving customers
online at TrunkClub.com and its five clubhouses. Nordstrom, Inc.'s
common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol
JWN.
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Bailey
Nordstrom, Inc.
206.579.8626
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