Nordstrom, every mention
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every year anyone Guy Raz 37Emifa Gafe 11Joe Kudla 7Alex and Mike Faherty 7Sandy Lerner 6Kaveh Nurmofidi 5Carrie Gross 5Nancy Twine 4Mei Xu 4Kendra Scott 4
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Nordstrom comes up
Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned
- ▶ 3:26 Guy Raz You can find them at Target, Nordstrom's, Dick's Sporting Goods, pretty much everywhere.
- ▶ 39:21 Kim Vaccarella This was my first large order, and I had always envisioned it as a Nordstrom's bag or something like that, and I said, I can't sell a product that I can't stand behind.
Advice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox
- ▶ 29:31 Vince Giudice We are now live with Nordstrom, Pottery Barn Kids.
Advice Line with Kenneth Cole
- ▶ 18:50 Emifa Gafe But in 2023, we also launched with Nordstrom. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:36 Emifa Gafe So we don't need to meet certain minimums and things like that, which allows us to respond to the demand from Nordstrom, for example. 7 times in the scene
Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
- ▶ 44:53 Maxine Clark Nordstrom.
Advice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur
- ▶ 35:11 David Bronke Primarily all direct to consumer, but we do have a few retailers such as Credo Beauty and Nordstrom.
Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
- ▶ 11:54 Gregg Renfrew It was a really good idea, and I think that it was, we also struck a deal with Nordstrom because they had challenges with their wedding registry and saw the opportunity of bringing a young customer into the fold. 4 times in the scene
Shep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand.
Advice Line: What’s Your Value?
- ▶ 3:32 Megan Downey Yeah, so, um, we've mainly been online selling on our website, Nordstrom.com.
Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
- ▶ 40:14 Kristen Rude So we do about 70% direct on our website, and then we also sell through Masonette, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, um, Janie and Jack, and then we're in a handful of kind of ski shops and outdoor stores across the country.
Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
- ▶ 52:58 Joan Barnes Top level malls between the Nordstrom's and the Macy's.
Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores.
- ▶ 39:12 Guy Raz We want to be in Nordstrom's and Bloomingdale's and, uh, we want to do both or we want, you know, because the margins on direct to consumer are higher, they're better. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:35 Alex and Mike Faherty So we had very little luck, even though we got some of these small orders from Nordstrom's in the first bunch of years, it wasn't much. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:54 Alex and Mike Faherty Our Nordstrom business was finally starting to work.
Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash
- ▶ 22:10 Catherine Shaw We want to be in natural channel grocery stores like Whole Foods and Sprouts, but we also want to be in specialty retailers like Airports, Total Wine, Nordstrom's, and Bloomingdale's, where we've launched this year.
UNTUCKit: Chris Riccobono
Advice Line with Richard Branson of Virgin
- ▶ 11:30 Lola Banjo Yeah, we are also partnered with Nordstrom, Stacks, and the Summer Macy's Bloomingdale's as well, so, um, definitely building, and we just launched five years ago, so 2 times in the scene
Advice Line with Peter Rahal of RXBAR
- ▶ 29:48 April Wachtel Um, about half are small independent boutiques, independent liquor, specialty grocers, and then we're in, um, Anthropologie Nordstrom Home Goods, um, on the chain side.
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare: Dennis and Carrie Gross
- ▶ 3:26 Guy Raz Carrie was working as a fashion buyer for Nordstrom, and Dennis had just started his own dermatology practice, and they were about to find out that they were neighbors.
- ▶ 15:11 Carrie Gross I actually resigned from, from Nordstrom, and I had twins, which was, I
- ▶ 21:37 Carrie Gross We went to spas initially, and, you know, when I had retired from Nordstrom, I indicated to them that I might be coming back to you with the brand, and so I got my Nordstrom girls on board, and Nordstrom had spas also, so we did the 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:46 Guy Raz So it's 2002 and MD skincare is moving into spas and even a few stores like Nordstrom. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:42 Carrie Gross But I will tell you, it would, it would be kind of humorous where I'd be like, you know, sneaking around like Nordstrom and walking through Sephora and hearing people saying like,
Advice Line with Angie Hicks of Angi
- ▶ 9:13 Paige McReynolds That day, I was bored at work, I was in a meeting, and I started sketching my dream jersey, what it would look like, and, you know, something that you would see on a Nordstrom rack, or something that you'd see in Target, you know, those…
Advice Line with Lara Merriken of LÄRABAR
- ▶ 13:06 Lara Merriken Like, like higher end ones, like Neiman Marcus or, or, uh, Nordstrom, you know?
Advice Line: Reaching New Customers
- ▶ 14:36 Kaveh Nurmofidi Scott, one thing that we're really proud of, we're able to have the opportunity to move into, uh, for Mother's Day weekend, this past Mother's Day weekend, we were able to get into Nordstrom and, you know, we had a sellout two day events… 5 times in the scene
Advice Line with Jeff Raider of Harry's
- ▶ 34:49 Carly Bonfonte So if I was working for Manduka, I would be selling to, you know, Nordstrom's and Yoga Works.
Advice Line with Joe Kudla of Vuori
Briogeo Hair Care: Nancy Twine (2020)
- ▶ 49:19 Nancy Twine I was targeting the prestige retailers of the world, like Sephora, Nordstrom, etc. 2 times in the scene
Everlane: Michael Preysman
Herschel Supply Co.: Jamie and Lyndon Cormack
- ▶ 38:58 Lyndon Cormack Bloomingdale's or Nordstrom or a little sneaker shop.
- ▶ 40:59 Guy Raz And I know that when you went back after that, I mean, that trade show really kind of opened things up for you, not just in terms of orders, but in terms of connections to like big retailers, including Nordstrom's, right? 8 times in the scene
Vuori: Joe Kudla
Jack Black Skin Care: Curran and Jeff Dandurand
- ▶ 39:31 Curran Dandurand But what we, when our eyes were really opened was when we opened Nordstrom.
Dutch Bros. Coffee: Travis Boersma
- ▶ 12:32 Travis Boersma And I said, well, I remember up in Valley River Mall in Eugene, they used to have a cart at Nordstrom's, and Nordstrom's would serve up these coffees in the mall, and I said, I don't know what they ever did with a cart, but 2 times in the scene
Bluemercury: Marla and Barry Beck
- ▶ 13:04 Marla Beck MAC in the early days was sold at one place, um, in the San Francisco area, was sold at Nordstrom in San Francisco, so I got to know MAC when it was a really young company, and so it was just a hobby.
HIBT Lab! Universal Standard: Polina Veksler
Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez
- ▶ 1:02:29 Nikhil Arora And Nordstrom. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:05 Guy Raz You're in Petco and Nordstrom.
- ▶ 1:14:09 Alejandro Velez We were selling into Nordstrom.
Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
- ▶ 20:02 Celena Gill They want them to be on the shelves of Target, of Nordstrom.
Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018)
- ▶ 45:07 Sandy Lerner The first place we were in was in Nordstrom's and Neiman Marcus. 3 times in the scene
Canva: Melanie Perkins (2019)
- ▶ 15:31 Melanie Perkins I was sleeping in his living room floor, um, and I was working in, um, at Nordstrom, the shopping center. 2 times in the scene
Remembering Tony Hsieh of Zappos
- ▶ 13:43 Tony Hsieh Turns out that there was a shoe guy named Fred Mosler who was working at Nordstrom at the time, and he told Nick, I'll join if you find an investor.
Kenneth Cole: Kenneth Cole
- ▶ 50:16 Kenneth Cole Yeah, and then there was people, I remember having a conversation with Nordstrom at the time, and they were a big customer, and they were challenging the fact that we had all these stores, and I would show them quantifiably how every mall… 3 times in the scene
Briogeo: Nancy Twine
- ▶ 44:09 Nancy Twine I was targeting the prestige retailers of the world, like Sephora, Nordstrom, etc. 2 times in the scene
Supergoop!: Holly Thaggard
- ▶ 54:48 Guy Raz Yeah, I mean, you, you must have been feeling pretty confident, because I think, like, maybe even the same day, you, you decided to reach out to the buyer of Nordstrom, too, right? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:00:17 Guy Raz Right, because you still, even if you're in Sephora or Nordstrom, it doesn't mean people are gonna go to your product and buy it.
- ▶ 1:06:34 Guy Raz Nordstrom's are closed, and who knows when they're going to open up.
Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King
- ▶ 58:16 Thomas Althaus Well, a year from now, we want to be in every major market around the country, and we're knocking on some national stores as upscale as Nordstrom.
EO Products: Susan Griffin-Black & Brad Black
- ▶ 5:39 Brad Black We were living at large, you know, entrepreneurs in San Francisco, and this is before the dot com internet thing hit, and it was very vibrant, a little gritty, yet artistic, and we could really own it, and, you know, we would peddle our…
Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)
Zappos: Tony Hsieh (2017)
- ▶ 14:47 Tony Hsieh Turns out that there was a shoe guy named Fred Mosler who was working at Nordstrom at the time, and he told Nick, I'll join if you find an investor, and so we all met, and ultimately Fred ended up joining the company and been working with…
Eileen Fisher: Eileen Fisher (2017)
- ▶ 28:27 Eileen Fisher It's working, so let's open two more stores, or it's working, so let's open four more stores, you know, or, um, now, you know, you know, other department stores want to buy the line, you know, um, Saks and Nordstrom's
Canva: Melanie Perkins
- ▶ 15:02 unnamed speaker So I was sleeping on my brother's, like, so he had a one bedroom apartment, I was sleeping in his living room floor, um, and I was working in, um, at Nordstrom, the shopping center. 2 times in the scene
Bonobos: Andy Dunn
Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit
- ▶ 6:37 Jenn Hyman You can imagine we were renting current season designer inventory for five to 10% of the price at the exact same time that it was at Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus and Saks and Net-a-Porter for sale. 3 times in the scene
Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner
- ▶ 46:02 Sandy Lerner The first place we were in was in Nordstrom's and Neiman Marcus. 3 times in the scene
Stitch Fix: Katrina Lake
- ▶ 24:41 Katrina Lake Actually, the first name was Rack Habit, which lasted for about three months before we got, it was very clear that Nordstrom would have sued us for it.
- ▶ 24:48 Guy Raz Because of Nordstrom Rack.
Eileen Fisher: Eileen Fisher
- ▶ 28:38 Eileen Fisher It's working, so let's open two more stores, or it's working, so let's open four more stores, you know, or, um, now, you know, you know, other department stores want to buy the line, you know, um, Saks and Nordstrom's
Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
- ▶ 19:40 Kendra Scott But yeah, it was, uh, so then that, you know, we got a New York showroom, and we really, we sold into Nordstrom, the next market. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:12 Guy Raz And you still sell in big retail chains like Nordstrom's and, and, and other places? 2 times in the scene
Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu
Zappos: Tony Hsieh
- ▶ 12:17 Tony Hsieh Turns out that there was a shoe guy named Fred Mosler who was working at Nordstrom at the time, and he told Nick, I'll join if you find an investor.