Sales at footwear and fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc. increased 9.3% to $517 million in the four-week period ending August 26. Same-store sales increased

Preliminary year-to-date sales of $4.57 billion increased 8% compared with sales of $4.23 billion in 2005. Year-to-date same-store sales increased 5.8%.

With 156 US stores, Nordstrom was founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle,  USA.