Accounts Receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

Components Of Accounts Receivable

	January 28, 2012			January 29, 2011
Credit card receivables:
Nordstrom VISA credit card receivables		$1,347			$1,431
Nordstrom private label card receivables		727			672
Total credit card receivables		2,074			2,103
Allowance for credit losses		(115	)		(145	)
Credit card receivables, net		1,959			1,958
Other accounts receivable		74			68
Accounts receivable, net		$2,033			$2,026

Activity In The Allowance For Credit Losses

		00000000000000			00000000000000			00000000000000
Fiscal year	2011			2010			2009
Allowance at beginning of year		$145			$190			$138
Bad debt provision		101			149			251
Write-offs		(153	)		(211	)		(209	)
Recoveries		22			17			10
Allowance at end of year		$115			$145			$190

Aging And Delinquency Status Of Credit Card Receivables

		000000000000		000000000000		000000000000		000000000000
	January 28, 2012				January 29, 2011
	Balance		% of Total		Balance		% of Total
Current		$1,928		93.0%		$1,942		92.4%
1 - 29 days delinquent		92		4.4%		97		4.6%
30+ days delinquent:
30 - 59 days delinquent		20		1.0%		24		1.1%
60 - 89 days delinquent		13		0.6%		17		0.8%
90 days or more delinquent		21		1.0%		23		1.1%
Total 30+ days delinquent		54		2.6%		64		3.0%
Total credit card receivables		$2,074		100.0%		$2,103		100.0%
Receivables not accruing finance charges		$15				$14
Receivables 90 days or more delinquent and still accruing finance charges		$11				$21

Distributions Of Credit Card Receivables Across FICO Score Ranges

		000000000000		000000000000		000000000000		000000000000
	January 28, 2012				January 29,  2011
FICO Score Range1	Balance		% of Total		Balance		% of Total
801+		$307		14.8%		$314		14.9%
720 - 800		741		35.7%		731		34.8%
660 - 719		572		27.6%		558		26.5%
600 - 659		270		13.0%		274		13.0%
001 - 599		120		5.8%		155		7.4%
Other2		64		3.1%		71		3.4%
Total credit card receivables		$2,074		100.0%		$2,103		100.0%

¹Credit scores for our cardholders are updated at least every 60 days. Amounts listed in the table reflect the most recently obtained credit scores as of the dates indicated.

²Other consists of amounts not yet posted to customers' accounts and receivables from customers for whom FICO scores are temporarily unavailable.