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Nordstrom Rack to open new location in Canton, Mich. SEATTLE, April 14, 2026 - Seattle-based fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack in Canton, Mich. in fall 2026. "We look forward to being a part of the Canton community and serving our customers with an amazing offering of great brands at great prices," said Gemma Lionello, president of Nordstrom Rack. "We're excited to grow our footprint in the Detroit market and introduce new customers to the Nordstrom experience." Lionello added that in this location "customers will be able to take advantage of our convenient services such as online order pick up from both Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com, and they can make returns easily." The 35,000-square-foot store will be located at New Towne Center, a popular shopping center that includes Sally Beauty, GNC and Nothing Bundt Cakes. New Towne Center is owned and managed by Acadia Realty and is located off of Ford and Sheldon Road. Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc. and offers customers up to 70% off on-trend apparel, accessories, beauty products, home decor and shoes from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom stores as well as core services like online order pickup for Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com, easy returns and alterations at select stores. Nordstrom Rack is the largest source of new customers to Nordstrom. This new location expands the company's physical footprint and economic impact in Michigan. It currently operates two Nordstrom stores and five Nordstrom Rack stores in the state, generating more than 750 jobs statewide. About Nordstrom At Nordstrom, Inc., Nordstrom Rack exist to help its customers feel good and look their best. Since starting as a shoe store in 1901, how to best serve customers has been at the center of every decision Nordstrom Rack make. This heritage of service is the foundation Nordstrom Rack is building on as Nordstrom Rack provide convenience and true connection for its customers. Its interconnected model enables Nordstrom Rack to serve customers when, where and how they want to shop - whether that's in-store at nearly 400 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations or digitally through its Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites. Through it all, Nordstrom Rack remain committed to leaving it better than Nordstrom Rack found it. MEDIA CONTACT: Gianna Giacomino Nordstrom, Inc.

Former Saks store on Union Square might become a Nordstrom. San Francisco's downtown mall may be dead, and Union Square may remain beleaguered and full of vacant storefronts, but that seems poised to change in the not-too-distant future. Several well known retailers have reportedly been on the hunt for new space in and around Union Square, as the SF Business Times has it via real estate sources. Those include Nordstrom, whose closure announcement at the former Westfield Mall started all the dominoes falling for that property, which officially shut all the lights off in February. Nordstrom, which had a 35-year presence in that Market Street mall, may have its sights on the former Saks Fifth Avenue location at Powell and Post streets, which was abandoned by Saks last year. Last fall, Nordstrom revived its San Francisco presence via a small boutique on Fillmore Street in Pacific Heights, which is mainly just a customer-service counter taking returns, offering order pickups, and clothing alterations. Also potentially seeking new space that's not in a mall is Bloomingdale's, according to the Business Times. A representative for Bloomingdale's would not confirm that they have any specific plans to move back to Union Square, but they said, "San Francisco remains an important market for Bloomingdale's, and we continually evaluate opportunities that support our long-term growth strategy." Nationally, Bloomingdale's has been faring better on a store by store basis than parent brand Macy's. And it remains unclear what will be the fate of Macy's flagship store on Union Square - Sfist learned in November that the company had partnered with local developer TMG Partners to explore the future development of the 600,000-square-foot store property, which could include some continued presence for the store. And, somewhat suprisingly, Barnes & Noble has reportedly been sniffing around Union Square for new space as well. While the bookstore chain has mostly been known for closing locations around the country in the last decade, they appear to be in some sort of expansion phase again. A new Barnes & Noble is coming to a former Party City space in Cupertino this fall, as Sfist learned last week, and the company still has almost a dozen stores around the Bay Area, including in malls in Emeryville and Corte Madera. The last SF location of Barnes & Noble, at Fisherman's Wharf, closed in 2010. And they are closing their location at San Bruno's Tanforan Mall next month, per the Business Times. In other Union Square retail news, Chanel will be opening a new multi-level store in the former Williams-Sonoma this year, Zara has a new flagship opening across the street from the former Saks, John Varvatos and Bang & Olufsen are both returning to the neighborhood, and Super Duper will be opening a burger outpost in the middle of Union Square Park. And down on Market Street, the massive former Old Navy will be coming alive again as Uniqlo returns to the area as well, later this year.