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that was not well received. As a result, Whitacre left the company in 2000. Nordstrom returned as chairman for the second time, joined by his three sons in a new generation of leadership. The stores began to slowly turn around as the
Nordstroms moved the focus back to employees. Profitability followed; in 2003, the company reached record revenues of $ 6.5 billion.
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Nordstrom married his first wife, Fran
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