Category Leaderboard
Department Stores
7 tracked retailers, ranked by NOligarchy Score. Best pick: Nordstrom (88.1).
0 · worst score
avg 73.5
100 · best
4 of 7 tracked retailers rate Trusted, making Department Stores one of the cleaner categories to shop in. Scores range from 88.1 (Nordstrom) down to 56.1 (Kohl's). Department Stores ranks 10th cleanest of 44 tracked categories.
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Spend
$102K
Federal lobbying
$80K
PAC & Super PAC
$0
Executive donations
$22K
Pillars
72 avg
Political Access
93
Wealth Extraction
31
Playing by the Rules
90
Ownership risk
5 flagged
88.1
/100
Trusted
nordstrom.com
80.0
/100
Trusted
macys.com
79.9
/100
Trusted
neimanmarcus.com
76.2
/100
Trusted
saksoff5th.com
71.6
/100
Moderate
jcpenney.com
62.7
/100
Moderate
sears.com
56.1
/100
Moderate
kohls.com
Scores reflect disclosed federal spending only. Dark money (501(c)(4) donations) is not included. How we score →