text: Amounts in the**Corporate/Other**column include unallocated corporate expenses and assets, sales return reserve, inter-segment 
  eliminations and other adjustments to segment results necessary for the presentation of consolidated financial results in accordance with 
  generally accepted accounting principles. 
  
  **Accounting Policy**
  In general, we use the same measurements to compute earnings before income taxes for reportable segments as we do for the consolidated 
  company. However, redemptions of our Nordstrom Notes are included in net sales for our Retail segment. The sales amount in our 
  Corporate/Other column includes an entry to eliminate these transactions from our consolidated net sales. The related Nordstrom Notes 
  expenses are included in our Retail segment at face value. Our Corporate/Other column includes an adjustment to reduce the Nordstrom 
  Notes expense from face value to their estimated cost. In addition, our sales return reserve and other corporate adjustments are recorded in 
  the Corporate/Other column. Other than as described above, the accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those 
  described in Note 1: Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. 