Nordstrom Ranks First in Luxury for Wealthy Shoppers; High-End Retailer Earns Top Scores on Multiple Measures of Customer Experience and Loyalty

Wealthy U.S. shoppers earning at least $150,000 a year rank Nordstrom highest among luxury retailers in the 2012 Luxury Consumer Experience Index (LCEI) survey by the independent and objective New York-based Luxury Institute. LCEI scores are based on customers' evaluations of a brand's store personnel, shopping environment and degree of satisfaction with the total experience. Nordstrom earns the top overall score of 8.41 out of 10, followed by Neiman Marcus' Bergdorf Goodman subsidiary (8.37), and Barneys New York (8.23). It....