I’d say especially if your market has too many stores for the area, watch for a closure. Boston, for example has far too many full line locations and they cannibalize each other’s sales. I could see them closing Northshore as its sales are absolutely abysmal. However, they could choose to close South Shore.
The recent shootings and incidents all seem to show up on the news with the Nordstrom in the background. Not a great look.
A few years back a violent protest broke out in downtown Indianapolis with Nordstrom in the background of all the news footage.
The store closed the next year, as many shoppers had the perception it was unsafe and went to the store on the north side instead.