Ko Nordstrom Rack he mekameka toa taonga papai a Amerika kei Seattle, Washington, i hangaia i te tau 1901 e John W. Nordstrom me Carl F. Walling. Ko te toa tuatahi o Wallin & Nordstrom he mea motuhake ki nga hu, ka whakatuwherahia te toa tuarua o Nordstrom i te tau 1923. I timata te tipu o te mekameka Nordstrom Best ki te hoko kakahu i te tau 1963, ka noho hei kaihokohoko raina-katoa o Nordstrom i te tau 1971. I whakapumautia e te kamupene tana toa utu utu Nordstrom Rack wehewehenga i te tau 1973 a i roto i nga tau e whai ake nei i whakawhanakehia nga toa raina-katoa me nga toa utu puta noa i te United States. Ka whakataetae te wahanga raina-katoa ki nga toa toa penei i te Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus me Saks Fifth Avenue, i te wa e whakataetae ana te wahanga utu-utu ki nga kaihokohoko penei i te TJX Corporation me nga Toa Ross. Kua whakawhānuihia te kamupene ki waho o te whenua o Amerika, tae atu ki Puerto Rico (2015-2020) me Canada (2014-2023).
Ko te pito o mua o te punaha kua taapirihia te whakaaturanga a te roopu me nga reo maha: Ingarihi, Paniora, Potiti, Hapanihi, Hainamana Maamaa, Hong Kong Traditional, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, me Turkish. He maamaa te punaha, he pai te wheako o nga kaihoko, a he pai te whakamahi i te mahi ota kotahi.