Fashion Mourns Blake NordstromThe Nordstrom executive was remembered as a good friend and steady leader.

[Collection]The fashion and retail industry continued to mourn the loss of Blake Nordstrom, the copresident of Nordstrom Inc., who died unexpectedly Wednesday morning after a short battle with lymphoma. Friends, employees, vendors and competitors took to social media and other outlets to express their surprise and condolences and to remember Nordstrom, who was 58. Nordstrom was remembered for both his kindness and his leadership style, honed over more than 40 years in the business founded by his great-grandfather, John W. Nordstrom, with a shoe store in 1901. He started in the stockroom in the early Seventies and was selling in the firm’s downtown Seattle store by 1975 before jumping to other in-store positions, buying and regional management. Nordstrom became president in 2000 and then started to share the title with his brothers Pete and Erik, who were both named copresidents in 2015. In addition to working with his brothers on growth opportunities, Nordstrom supported the Nordstrom Rack brand — including Rack stores and the nordstromrack.com and HauteLook operations — along with other corporate functions such as finance, technology, credit, legal and human resources. Pete and Erik will continue as copresidents of the business and Wall Street seemed comfortable with that. Shares of the retailer held their

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