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Nordstrom shares tumble as 2021 sales outlook disappoints, retailer sees bigger shift to Rack

February 4, 2021

Via: CNBC

Nordstrom shares tumbled Thursday as the department store chain delivered a disappointing sales outlook for the year, and said it plans to shift more of its business toward off-price.

Nordstrom said it expects revenue to rise more than 25% in fiscal 2021 from the prior year, with roughly half of its sales coming from its digital business. Last year, the department store chain rang up about a third of its sales online.

The anticipated 2021 growth comes in a bit lower than the 26.6% revenue increase expected by analysts, according to a Refinitiv survey.

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