The 113 Rack off-price stores are an important growth vehicle for the company.

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Currently Nordstrom operates 117 full-line Nordstrom department stores and 113 Rack off-price stores.

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From the remaining small list, Gerstein had to make a judgment call and chose Tuesday Morning (nasdaq: TUES - news - people ), a Dallas-based chain of 594 off-price specialty stores in 42 states.

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