illustRatiON: GaRy clEMENt; paul DuchaRt NOVEMBER 2015 BCBusiness 101
Nordstrom invited
2,500 guests to a gala
and fashion show
celebrating the opening
of its new Vancouver
agship store, raising
more than $420,000 for
local charities
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(Left to right) Jamie Nordstrom, full-line
stores president; Blake Nordstrom,
Nordstrom co-president; Erik Nordstrom,
Nordstrom co-president; Pete Nordstrom,
Nordstrom co-president and Chris
Wanlass, Nordstrom pacific centre
store manager
2 Camilla Belle, actor; Pete Nordstrom, Nord-
strom co-president; and Karolina Kurková,
supermodel
3 Lisa Love, Vogue and Teen Vogue West
coast director; Hamish Bowles, Vogue
European editor-at-large; and Amber
Valletta, supermodel/actor
4 Jim Pattison, Jim pattison Group cEO/
chair; and his wife, Mary
5 Wayne Barwise, cadillac Fairview EVp
development; David Aisenstat, the keg
steakhouse & Bar president & cEO;
and Finley McEwen, cadillac Fairview sVp
development.
6 Darrell Jones, Overwaitea Food Group
president; and his wife, Elizabeth
Nordstrom Pacic Centre
Grand Opening Gala
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Nordstrom Paci•c Centre, Vancouver, September 16, 2015
Our unscienti•c poll of random partygoers at the bash above
Who Are You?
Still hoping
25%
Yes, Erik,
co-president
15%
All four
25%
I'm focusing
on the party
35%
Designer
clothes
25%
Shoes
30%
have you met a nordstrom yet?
This gala is
like a fashion
show
5%
No
30%
Yes
65%
did you go to the fashion show?
Which department did you
check out first?
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A b o u t T o w n W i t h P a u l D u c h a r t
Yes, Jamie, EVP
and president
full-line stores
5%
The beauty
counter
10%
Yes, Peter,
co-president
10%
Yes, Blake,
co-president
20%
