In the mid-1990s, Nordstrom ran newspaper ads promising, for certain products, that if the size or color of an item the customer wished to purchase was not in stock at the store, Nordstrom would locate the desired item and mail it to the customer at no additional cost'both the item and its delivery were free.
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Nordstrom ran ads in the newspaper for help with pest control during the 1980s.
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