text: Our credit card receivables are restricted under our securitization program. Our Series 2011-1 Class A Notes are secured by 100% of the 
  Nordstrom private label credit card receivables and 90% of the Nordstrom Visa credit card receivables. As of January 31, 2015 and 
  February 1, 2014, our restricted credit card receivables included more receivables than necessary to collateralize our outstanding secured 
  debt and variable funding facilities. As such, they can be utilized to increase the current usage of our securitization program. Our credit card 
  securitization agreements set a maximum percentage of receivables that can be associated with various receivable categories, such as 
  employee or foreign receivables, and as of January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014, these maximums were not exceeded. 
  
  Activity in the allowance for credit losses is as follows: 