SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM

We launched our Supplier Diversity Program in 1989 to actively promote Nordstrom to qualified businesses that might not otherwise have considered Nordstrom as a potential client.

The Nordstrom Supplier Diversity Program recruits vendors from a wide range of businesses including merchandise, supplies and services, and construction. Each of these specialized areas offers us numerous opportunities to partner with vendors within a community.

Merchandise includes clothing and other products sold in our stores, through our catalogs and online at Nordstrom.com. Merchandise is, of course, highly competitive and managed by buyers in their particular departments.

Supplies and services make up the day-to-day support needs that help create a comfortable and inviting shopping experience for our customers.

For construction vendors, our initial outreach into a community is the Project Preview. These represent the first step in our diversity program and are conducted about one year prior to the opening of a new store or the remodel of an existing store. This is an open invitation for all minority- and women-owned construction vendors and subcontractors to meet our general contractor and representatives from Nordstrom.

"Minority- or women-owned" means the business is at least 51% owned by such individuals or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals. In addition, the management and daily operations are controlled by those minority or female employees.

Our hope is that the resulting opportunities will not only benefit Nordstrom and its business partners, but aid in boosting the economic vitality of the communities we serve.

Interested? Complete our Supplier Diversity Profile.

For more information about the Nordstrom Supplier Diversity Program, please call 206.373.4382 or e-mail supplierdiversity@nordstrom.com.