SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — About 170 employees at Nordstrom’s Northgate store learned Friday the Seattle-based chain is closing the store this summer.
The Northgate Mall location is one of Nordstrom’s oldest stores.
The Seattle Times reports the company is confident it will be able to offer new roles to each employee.
Nordstrom Rack at Northgate will remain open.
The store closure, set for August 9, comes as Nordstrom joins various other chains in shuttering under-performing brick-and-mortar stores to focus on competing with online retailers.