UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the transition period from                                         to                                         

Commission file number 0-12994

Nordstrom Credit, Inc.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-397-4700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $0.50 par value

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES þ NO o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YES o NO þ

     On April 29, 2005 we had 10,000 shares of common stock ($0.50 par value) outstanding; all such shares are owned by our parent, Nordstrom, Inc.

     The Registrant meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction I(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K and are therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

Item 1. Business.

The information required under this item is included in Note 1 to the Financial Statements on page 16 of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Properties.

We lease an office building in Centennial, Colorado where our principal offices are located.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

We are not a party to any material legal proceedings.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

The class of securities registered is our common stock, $0.50 par value per share. There are 100,000 shares of authorized common stock, of which 10,000 shares were issued and outstanding as of April 29, 2005. Our issued and outstanding common stock is owned entirely by our parent, Nordstrom, Inc. The stock has not been traded and, accordingly, no market value has been established. No dividends were paid in 2004 and 2003.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

All dollar amounts are in millions.

On March 31, 2004, we exchanged $200 of affiliate receivables from Nordstrom fsb, (the “Bank”) for an investment in master trust certificates (“2004 Notes”) issued by a trust (the “Trust”) that owns Nordstrom fsb co-branded VISA credit card receivables. The 2004 Notes were purchased by us at par for a face amount of $200. On June 30 and December 31, 2004, we increased the face value of the 2004 Notes by $50 and $25, respectively, to $275.

Total revenue decreased $3.9 in 2004 compared to 2003 primarily due to a decrease in finance charge income. We earn finance charge income on retail charge card receivables, which we purchase from an affiliate that is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of our parent, Nordstrom, Inc. Finance charge income decreased $3.0 to $94.8 in 2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to a decrease in the average

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Cont.)

outstanding retail charge card receivable balance. Average outstanding retail charge card receivables have declined approximately 3% to $587.6 over the past year because charge card volume has declined and card holders are repaying their outstanding balances more quickly. Total revenue also decreased due to a decrease in other fees and charges. Other fees and charges consist primarily of late fees. Late fee income was $6.5 and $7.4 for 2004 and 2003, respectively.

Total expenses decreased $0.8 primarily due to a decrease in service and marketing fees, partially offset by an increase in interest expense. Servicing and marketing fees paid to the Bank for servicing our receivables decreased $0.2 in 2004 as compared to 2003, due to a decline in the outstanding balances of our retail charge card portfolio. Marketing fees also declined $1.9 to $1.2 in 2004 as promotion costs associated with opening new retail charge card accounts declined. Interest expense has increased $1.4 in 2004 as compared to 2003 primarily due to an increase of $65.7 to $135.7 in average short term debt outstanding payable to our parent, Nordstrom, Inc. The increase in total assets due to our investment in master trust certificates requires us to make additional borrowings to fund those assets.

Interest income increased $3.7 to $5.6 in 2004 compared to 2003 primarily due to an increase in interest income earned on the 2004 Notes. The current year interest rate on the 2004 Notes is higher than the prior year rate on the notes receivables due from the Bank, which we exchanged for the 2004 Notes. Also, the interest earning receivable balance is higher in the current year than in the prior year. The increase of $4.5 in interest income related to the 2004 Notes was partially offset by a decrease of $0.8 in affiliate interest income. The decrease in affiliate interest income is due to the lower average outstanding note receivable balance from the Bank during 2004 compared to the prior year.

Net earnings increased $0.4 in 2004 to $45.9 primarily due to an increase in interest income and a decrease in servicing and marketing fees. This was offset by a decrease in finance charge income, a decrease in other fees and charges and an increase in interest expense.

Certain other information required under this item is included in Notes 1, 2 and 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 16, 17 and 19 of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates. In seeking to minimize risk, we manage exposure through our regular operating and financing activities. We do not use financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes and are not a party to any leveraged financial instruments.

We manage interest rate exposure through our mix of fixed and variable rate borrowings which finance retail charge card receivables. Short-term borrowings generally bear interest at variable rates but, because they have maturities of three months or less, we believe that the risk of material loss is low.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (Cont.)

The table below presents principal amounts and related weighted average interest rates by year of maturity. All items described in the table are non-trading and are stated in U.S. dollars.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

(a) Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule on page 10 of this report are incorporated herein by reference.

The ratio of earnings available for fixed charges to fixed charges is 4.08, 4.26, and 4.17 for 2004, 2003, and 2002.

(b) Other Financial Statements and Schedule

The schedule required under Regulation S-X is filed pursuant to Item 15 of this report.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our President and Vice President and Treasurer, of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)). Based upon that evaluation, our President and our Vice President and Treasurer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures (Cont.)

Form 10-K, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in the timely recording, processing, summarizing and reporting of material financial and non-financial information.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

In coming to the conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of January 29, 2005, our management considered, among other things, the control deficiencies related to the cash flow statement classification of notes receivable from affiliates, which resulted in a restatement of our accompanying consolidated financial statements, as disclosed in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 29, 2005. After reviewing and analyzing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 99, “Materiality”, and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes” and taking into consideration that the restatement adjustment did not impact our total revenue, net earnings, total cash flows or shareholders’ equity for any prior period, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Following our identification of these control deficiencies, we have corrected our process for preparing our statements of cash flows by performing a more thorough review of the classifications of our cash flows to comply with SFAS No. 95 “Statement of Cash Flows” and SFAS No. 102 “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale – An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 95.” In addition, we will continue to monitor GAAP developments and changes in our business to reduce the risk of classification errors in our statements of cash flows.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

Not required under reduced disclosure format.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

We paid the following fees to our independent registered public accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) for 2004 and 2003:

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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services (Cont.)

Audit fees primarily included services for i) auditing our financial statements and ii) reviewing our interim financial information and the respective Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

Consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) policies regarding auditor independence, the services performed by Deloitte in 2004 were pre-approved on April 1, 2003 in accordance with the pre-approval policy and procedures adopted by Nordstrom, Inc’s Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”). This policy is regularly reviewed and updated. It describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax, and other services that Deloitte may perform. Normally, pre-approval is provided at regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings.

However, the authority to grant specific pre-approval between meetings, as necessary, has been assigned to the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Chair must update the Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of any services that he pre-approved between meetings.

In addition, although not required by SEC rules, the Audit Committee requests a range of fees associated with each proposed service. Providing a range of fees for a service incorporates appropriate oversight and control of the Deloitte relationship, while permitting us to receive immediate assistance from Deloitte when time is of the essence.

The Audit Committee also reviews, at each of its regularly scheduled meetings:

	•	a listing of approved services since its last review;
	•	a report summarizing the year-to-date services provided by the independent auditor, including fees paid for those services; and
	•	a projection for the current fiscal year of estimated fees.

In addition, the policy prohibits us from engaging the independent registered public accountants for services billed on a contingent fee basis and from hiring for financial accounting and management positions current or former employees of Deloitte who have not satisfied the statutory cooling-off period.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)1. Financial Statements

The following consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 8:

(a)2. Financial Statement Schedules

The financial statement schedule listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule on page 10 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

(a)3. Exhibits are incorporated herein by reference or are filed with this report as set forth in the Index to Exhibits on pages 25 through 28 hereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Date: May 16, 2005

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Nordstrom Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Index To Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule

All other schedules have been omitted because they are inapplicable, not required or the information is included elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of
Nordstrom Credit, Inc.
Centennial, Colorado

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nordstrom Credit, Inc. and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of January 29, 2005 and January 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholder’s equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 29, 2005. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule at Item 15. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nordstrom Credit, Inc. and subsidiary as of January 29, 2005 and January 31, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 29, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 14, the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended January 31, 2004 and 2003 have been restated.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Seattle, Washington
May 13, 2005

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The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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