This document compares the department stores Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue. It provides background information on when each was founded and their current operations. Nordstrom was founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle and now operates over 300 stores across the US. Saks Fifth Avenue was founded in 1919 and is owned by Hudson's Bay Company, operating around 40 stores in the US. The document describes the exteriors, interiors, supporting elements like restaurants and websites of both stores. It includes comparative graphs analyzing the differences between the two stores in aspects like lighting, fixture density, target customer groups, and employee dress codes.

1. TWO STORE COMPARISON-
NORDSTROM & SAKS FIFTH
AVENUE
By: Adrian Quinones Rivas

2. NORDSTROM
Nordstrom Seattle Flagship Store
• Started in 1901 as a shoe store
in Seattle, Washington
• Currently operates about “115
Full-Line Stores, 240 Off-Price
Nordstrom Racks, 6 Trunk Club
locations, 3 Nordstrom Local
hubs, & 2 Last Chance
Clearance Centers” (Hoovers,
2020, Business Description
section, para. 1)
• Tagline: “To be the best fashion
retailer in a digitally connected
world”

3. EXTERIOR OF NORDSTROM NYC
AND SEATTLE FLAGSHIP

4. INTERIOR OF NORDSTROM NYC

5. SUPPORTING ELEMENTS (MUSIC)

6. SUPPORTING ELEMENTS
(RESTAURANTS & BARS)

7. SUPPORTING ELEMENTS (FURNITURE
& ACCESSORIES)

8. NORDSTROM WEBSITE

9. NORDSTROM CONCEPT BOARD

10. NORDSTROM INSTAGRAM &
TWITTER

11. NORDSTROM EXTRAS

12. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
• Founded in 1919
• Owned by Hudson’s
Bay Company, the
owner of Lord &
Taylor
• Operate around 40
Stores in the U.S.
(Hoovers, 2020,
Company Description
section
• Tagline: Saks is known
as the “byword for
taste and elegance”
(Saks Fifth Avenue,
2020, History of Saks
Fifth Avenue Section,

13. EXTERIOR OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

14. INTERIOR OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

15. SUPPORTING ELEMENTS
(ARTWORK)

16. SUPPORTING ELEMENT
(RESTAURANT- L’AVENUE)

17. SUPPORTING ELEMENT
(FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES

18. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE WEBSITE

19. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE CONCEPT
BOARD

20. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE INSTAGRAM &
TWITTER

21. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE EXTRAS

22. COMPARATIVE GRAPH
(NORDSTROM) Lighting
Dim Bright
Target Age
Group
Young MatureTarget Income
Group
Mode
st
High

23. COMPARATIVE GRAPH
(NORDSTROM)Fixture
Density
Sparse Dense
Employee Dress
Code
Casual Busin
ess

24. COMPARATIVE GRAPH (SAKS FIFTH
AVENUE) Lighting
Dim Brigh
t
Target Age
Group
Youn
g
Mature
Target Income
Group
Modest High

25. COMPARATIVE GRAPH (SAKS FIFTH
AVENUE) Fixture
Density
Spars
e
Dense
Employee Dress
Code
Casua
l
Busine
ss

26. REFERENCES
Hoovers (2020). Nordstrom. Hoover Company Profiles. Retrieved from D&B Hoovers
database
Hoovers (2020). Saks Fifth Avenue. Hoover Company Profiles. Retrieved from D&B
Hoovers database
Saks Fifth Avenue. (2020). Saks Fifth Avenue About Us Page. Retrieved March 1,
2020, from
https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/static_content.jsp?pageId=about-us