 You can go to Nordstrom's, and then there's cut price Nordstrom Rack. Now, a published report says Amazon is planning to launch a discount section online. That's according to a report this week from the tech news site The Information. Goods will be shipped directly from warehouses in China and would be expected to take longer to arrive. Currently, most things Amazon sells to domestic consumers ship from warehouses in the U.S. But if this plan goes forward, it could be a way to better compete.