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              [html]<thead><tr><td>financial statements and related rotes included in Item 8 : Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Amual Report on Form 17 - K.</td><td>Fiscal year</td><td>2014</td><td>2013</td><td>2012</td><td>2011</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2010</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earnings Results</td><td>Net sales</td><td>$ 13.110</td><td>$ 12.166</td><td>$ 11.762</td><td>$ 10.497</td></tr><tr><td>$ 9.310</td><td>Credit card revenues</td><td>396</td><td>374</td><td>372</td><td>363</td></tr><tr><td>365</td><td>Gross profitt</td><td>4.704</td><td>4.429</td><td>4.330</td><td>3.905</td></tr><tr><td>3.413</td><td>Selling, general and administrative (“ SG & A ”) expenses</td><td>( 3.777 )</td><td>( 3.453 )</td><td>( 3.357 )</td><td>( 3.019 )</td></tr><tr><td>( 2.660 )</td><td>Earnings before interest and income taxes (“ EBIT ”)</td><td>1.323</td><td>1.350</td><td>1.345</td><td>1.249</td></tr><tr><td>1.118</td><td>Net earnings</td><td>720</td><td>734</td><td>735</td><td>683</td></tr><tr><td>613</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Data</td><td>Cash and cash equivalents</td><td>$ 827</td><td>$ 1.194</td><td>$ 1.285</td><td>$ 1.877</td></tr><tr><td>$ 1.506</td><td>Accounts receivable, net</td><td>2.306</td><td>2.177</td><td>2.129</td><td>2.033</td></tr><tr><td>2.026</td><td>Merchandise inventories</td><td>1.733</td><td>1.531</td><td>1.360</td><td>1.148</td></tr><tr><td>977</td><td>Current assets</td><td>5.224</td><td>5.228</td><td>5.081</td><td>5.560</td></tr><tr><td>4.824</td><td>Land, property and equipment, net</td><td>3.340</td><td>2.949</td><td>2.579</td><td>2.469</td></tr><tr><td>2.318</td><td>Total assets</td><td>9.245</td><td>8.574</td><td>8.089</td><td>8.491</td></tr><tr><td>7.462</td><td>Current liabilities</td><td>2.800</td><td>2.541</td><td>2.226</td><td>2.575</td></tr><tr><td>1.879</td><td>Long - term debt, including current portion</td><td>3.131</td><td>3.113</td><td>3.131</td><td>3.647</td></tr><tr><td>2.781</td><td>Shareholders ' equity</td><td>2.440</td><td>2.080</td><td>1.913</td><td>1.956</td></tr><tr><td>2.021</td><td>Cash flow from operations</td><td>1.220</td><td>1.320</td><td>1.110</td><td>1.177</td></tr><tr><td>1.177</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Performance Metrics</td><td>Comparable sales increase2</td><td>4.0 %</td><td>2.5 %</td><td>7.3 %</td><td>7.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>8.1 %</td><td>Gross profit % of net sales</td><td>35.9 %</td><td>36.4 %</td><td>36.8 %</td><td>37.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>36.7 %</td><td>Total SG & A % of net sales</td><td>28.8 %</td><td>28.4 %</td><td>28.5 %</td><td>28.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>28.6 %</td><td>EBIT % of net sales</td><td>10.1 %</td><td>11.1 %</td><td>11.4 %</td><td>11.9 %</td></tr><tr><td>12.0 %</td><td>Return on assets</td><td>8.1 %</td><td>8.7 %</td><td>8.9 %</td><td>8.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>8.6 %</td><td>Return on invested capital (“ ROIC ”) 3</td><td>12.6 %</td><td>13.6 %</td><td>13.9 %</td><td>13.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>13.6 %</td><td>Sales per square foot4</td><td>$ 493</td><td>$ 474</td><td>$ 470</td><td>$ 431</td></tr><tr><td>$ 397</td><td>4 - wall sales per square foota</td><td>$ 413</td><td>$ 408</td><td>$ 417</td><td>$ 394</td></tr><tr><td>$ 372</td><td>Ending inventory per square footb</td><td>$ 64.05</td><td>$ 58.84</td><td>$ 53.77</td><td>$ 46.41</td></tr><tr><td>$ 40.96</td><td>Inventory turnover rate6</td><td>4.67</td><td>5.07</td><td>5.37</td><td>5.56</td></tr><tr><td>5.56</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Per Share Information</td><td>Earnings per diluted share</td><td>$ 3.72</td><td>$ 3.71</td><td>$ 3.56</td><td>$ 3.14</td></tr><tr><td>$ 2.75</td><td>Dividends declared per share</td><td>1.32</td><td>1.20</td><td>1.08</td><td>0.92</td></tr><tr><td>0.76</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Store Information ( at year - end )</td><td>Nordstrom full - line stores - U. S.</td><td>116</td><td>117</td><td>117</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><td>115</td><td>Nordstrom Rack and other stores †</td><td>176</td><td>143</td><td>123</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td>Total square footage</td><td>27.061.000</td><td>26.017.000</td><td>25.290.000</td><td>24.745.000</td></tr></tbody>
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