Power of Attorney



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the Corporate

Paralegal (currently Duane E. Adams),an employee of Nordstrom, Inc.,

signing singly, the undersigned's true and and lawful attorney-in-fact

to:



 (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Nordstrom,

Inc. the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID in accordance

with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the

rules thereunder;



 (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf

of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID, and any amendment

or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange

or similar authority; and



 (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with theforegoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form

and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.





The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise

of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying

and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's

substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done

by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.



The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934.  The undersigned agrees to hold harmless the Company

and the foregoing attorney-in-fact for the performance of the

foregoing actions in the exercise of any rights and powers herein

granted.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of April, 2009.



/s/

Signature



__________________________________________

Robert B. Sari