Nordstrom going private in $6.25B deal with founding family, Mexican retailer

The family that founded Nordstrom and El Puerto de Liverpool are buying Nordstrom, paving the way for the retailer to return to operating as a privately held company. Nordstrom on Monday announced its agreement for the Nordstrom family and the Mexico-based company to buy out shares they don’t already own. The planned all-cash transaction, worth $6.25 billion, comes about 10 months after Nordstrom set up a special committee for weighing proposals from the Nordstrom family. The Nordstrom family and El Puerto ...