Costco Wholesale Corp.
Data: North America
- Location: Issaquah, Wash.
- Top Executive: Jim Sinegal, president and CEO
- Corporate Stores: 544
- Sales in $ Billions: 72.5
- Date FY Ended: 8/31/08
- Website: www.costco.com
Footnotes
Revenues at Costco include sales of $71 billion and membership fees of $1.5 billion. Groceries, encompassing food, sundries and fresh products, plus pharmacy and gasoline, account for 63% of the sales total, or $44.7 billion. Of the company’s total sales, 78% comes from 398 warehouses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; 15% from 75 warehouses in Canada; and 7% from 39 warehouses in the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. (Volume from 31 Costco warehouses in Mexico is not included in the company’s reported sales.)Recent articles on Costco Wholesale Corp.
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