Nordstrom reports poor holiday sales

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NORDSTROM INC. $18 remains a hold. The company (New York symbol JWN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 160.1 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.nordstrom.com) owns and operates over 350 stores in the U.S. and Canada that sell upscale clothing and footwear. In the nine weeks that ended December 31, 2022, the company’s sales declined 3.5% from a year earlier. Sales at the main Nordstrom chain fell 1.7%, while sales at the Nordstrom Rack clearance stores decreased 7.6%. Those declines are mainly because consumers are spending less on discretionary goods in response to rising inflation and interest rates. Nordstrom is a hold. hold…