Nordstrom (JWN) 10-K 2015 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

NORDSTROM, INC.

1617 SIXTH AVENUE

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Nordstrom, Inc (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended January 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Blake W. Nordstrom, Co-President (Principal Executive Officer), and Michael G. Koppel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

• The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

• The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Blake W. Nordstrom

Blake W. Nordstrom

Co-President of Nordstrom, Inc.

/s/ Michael G. Koppel

Michael G. Koppel

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom, Inc.

March 14, 2016

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Nordstrom, Inc. and will be retained by Nordstrom, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.