In uncommon transfer, Nordstrom to shut outlet retailer in San Francisco

Nordstrom Rack, a popular spot with bargain hunters, will close its location in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood on October 1, the retailer said.

The 42,000-square-foot store, selling $ 200 of jeans for $ 100, opened in 2001 in a shopping mall at 555 Ninth St. owned by the Acadia Realty Trust.

The retailer’s downtown Nordstrom Rack on Market Street and neighboring Nordstrom on Westfield Mall will remain open.

“Our market strategy allows us to examine how we are best positioned to meet our customers’ needs in a market rather than looking at individual deals,” a spokesman for the Seattle-based company said in a statement. “This approach means that we can combine our digital and physical assets to offer our customers greater product choice, improved delivery speeds and greater convenience. We believe that we can best serve our customers in this market by focusing on our nearby Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack locations, “as well as online.”

While Nordstrom closed 16 of its full-line stores across the country last year in response to the COVID pandemic, the company said it was unusual to close Nordstrom Rack stores that offer discounts of up to 70% on Nordstrom prices on clothing and shoes for men and women.

“Closing rack stores is not something we do often,” a spokesman wrote in an email. “We’ve only closed nine since 1995, and over the same period we opened 245.”

Nordstrom said it will try to move employees from the SoMa site into new roles within the company.