On: Nordstrom to Shutter Both Downtown SF Stores, Citi...

[mikestew]

From TFA:

“Nordstrom also announced that it would expand its presence in California, opening five new Nordstrom Rack stores in cities across the state, including one in San Mateo.”

No, sounds like it’s just San Francisco.

[kccoder → mikestew]

Nordstrom Rack is a discount outlet, not their flagship store. They probably have lots of inventory to move after closing all those stores.

[Tiktaalik → kccoder]

yea my interpretation of the move would be that Nordstrom is pivoting their business down market to a different clientele

[ncr100 → mikestew]

San Mateo is suburban. San Francisco is urban. They are different types of markets.

So, just because one is named "San Francisco" is not the only obvious criteria why Nordstrom might move out of San Francisco.