[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by mhays

Thanks. The biggest keys for us are (1) tourists, which anecdotally make up 50% of Nordstrom's sales, and (2) the amount of buying power inside the first ring of malls.

San Francisco probably has a better retail core than we do pound for pound, 7 million to 4 million.

Thanks, Matt - but how about Macy's (sorry, Bon Marche)? I realize that you guys have thousands of hotel rooms, the Convention Center, the cruise ships seasonally, etc. But I want to know how Macy's is doing compared to when The Bon ran it.