text: **2015 Outlook**
  Our expectations for 2015 are as follows: 
  
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              [html]<thead><tr><td>Net Sales</td><td>7 percent to 9 percent increase</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Comparable sales</td><td>2 percent to 4 percent increase</td></tr><tr><td>Earnings per diluted share1</td><td>$ 3.65 to $ 3.80</td></tr></tbody>
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  1 This outlook does not include the impact of any future share repurchases. 
  
  Capital expenditures, net of property incentives, of approximately $1.2 billion are expected in 2015, an increase from $751 in 2014. The 
  increase relates to store expansion, including Canada and Manhattan, and ongoing investments to improve the customer experience through 
  flagship store remodels and a third fulfillment center expected to open in the second half of the year. To date in 2015, we have opened our 
  second full-line store in Canada. We plan to open 27 Nordstrom Rack stores, three additional Nordstrom full-line stores in the U.S. and 
  another full-line store in Canada during 2015. Planned net store openings are expected to increase our retail square footage by 
  approximately 6.1%. 