Nordstrom Taps Adviser for Potential Spinoff of Its Rack Business

  • Rack’s performance hurt by low inventory in third quarter
  • Competitor Macy’s is also weighing spinoff of online business

Nordstrom Rack store in the Herald Square neighborhood of New York.

Photographer: Caitlin Ochs/Bloomberg
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Nordstrom Inc. is consulting with AlixPartners to review options for its off-price Nordstrom Rack business, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

The advisers are looking at potentially spinning off Nordstrom Rack into a separate company and whether that would entail two management teams and individual public reporting, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.