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Nordstrom Profit Down 2.7% on Higher Input Costs

Nordstrom Inc.'s (JWN) fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 2.7% as higher input costs masked the high-end department store operator's improved revenue, although per-share earnings climbed.Shares slipped 4% to $58.70 after hours as the company also cut its 2014 revenue and same-store sales outlooks.The company lowered its full-year total sales and same-store sales guidance ranges by half a percentage point each, now expecting 4% to 6% growth, and 3% to 5% growth, respectively.For the current period, Nordstrom forecasts per-share earnings to grow by more than 7% at roughly 86 cents, which is just below the 87 cents projected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.In the latest period, top-performing merchandise categories included cosmetics, and women's apparel and handbags, while the Northern California and Southwest regions were the best-performing geographic areas relative to the year-earlier period.Nordstrom, benefiting from revived demand for its designer merchandise after a slump fro...

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