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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
ISSAQUAH, WA -- 12/04/08 -- Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $5.55 billion for the month of November, the four weeks ended November 30, 2008, a decrease of three percent from $5.72 billion in the sa..
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Limited Brands (LTD) , Recession Even though Black Friday sales were better than expected , most retailers saw their November sales plunge. As I posted in April , Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT ) would likely benefit from consumers' recession diet. That has proven to be a fairly safe bet, but the scary thing is that just about every other retailer...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Earnings reports , Deals , Microsoft (MSFT) , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Ford Motor (F) , General Motors (GM) , International Business Machines (IBM) , Nokia Corp. (NOK) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Adobe Systems (ADBE) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Merck and Co (MRK) , Toll Brothers (TOL) , Limited Brands (LTD) General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM ), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F ) and Chrysler executives are returning...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Costco Wholesale Corp., the Issaquah, Wash., warehouse retailer, reported that in November, comparable-store sales fell 5%. Total sales fell 3% to $5.55 billion from $5.72 billion in the year-earlier period. Same-store sales -- revenue from stores open at least a year, to eliminate the effects of new and closed stores -- were off 2% in the U.S. and 15% internationally, Costco...
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YHOO - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Time Warner (TWX) , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , General Motors (GM) , Target Corp. (TGT) , Money and Finance Today , American Express (AXP) , Best Buy (BBY) , MasterCard Inc'A' (MA) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Monster Worldwide (MNST) In the News: · Holiday Shopping Season Off to a Modest Start · Web Retailers Banking on 'Cyber Monday' · Cyber...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Filed under: Newsletters , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Stocks to Buy "While many firms are struggling to survive, a lucky minority are built to weather the storm better," says growth stock specialist Karim Rahemtulla . In Xcelerated Profits Report , he eyes Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST ). "Thanks to rising inflation and unemployment, coupled with a beaten-up economy, many retailers are braced for...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Filed under: Target Corp. (TGT) , Best Buy (BBY) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Black Friday As Black Friday approaches just over a week from today, you may be wondering where some of the best deals will be had. Sure, the usual suspects like Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST ), Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY ) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT ) will be offering huge discounts on the largest shopping retail...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Best Buy (BBY) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Economic data , Recession Electronics giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) is not only suffering from the worst consumer holiday spending meltdown in years, but its beleaguered customer base is now fleeing to discount retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST ). So it appears Best Buy is getting hit with a double whammy,...
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Global Financial News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Best Buy (BBY) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Economic data , Recession Electronics giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) is not only suffering from the worst consumer holiday spending meltdown in years, but its beleaguered customer base is now fleeing to discount retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST ). So it appears Best Buy is getting hit with a double whammy,...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
A Goldman Sachs analyst said Wednesday that although Costco Wholesale Corp.'s non-food sales may continue to deteriorate, the decline will likely be offset by strong food sales at the retailer.
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ICKPLUS (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
ISSAQUAH, WA, Nov 06, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $5.30 billion for the month of October, the four weeks ended November 2, 2008, an increase of two percent from $5.21 billion in the same four-week period last year. For the first nine weeks of its reporting period ended November 2, 2008, the Company...
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ICKPLUS (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
ISSAQUAH, WA, Oct 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) announced today its operating results for the 16 weeks (fourth quarter) and the 52 weeks (fiscal year) ended August 31, 2008, and its September sales results. Net sales for the 16-week fourth quarter ended August 31, 2008 increased 13%, to $22.63 billion from $20.09 billion during the 16-week...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
World's Largest Warehouse Club Relies on Web-Based Packaging Solution to Meet Increased Market DemandSTAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- , a MWV company, offering a web-based packaging and marketing process management service, today announced the world's largest warehouse club operator, has chosen Paxonix's to automate the information management processes of its packaging graphics and marketing...
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The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Retail giant Costco this week pulled the plug on plans to build a 154,000-square-foot store beside the Parks Highway in Wasilla. In a letter to the city of Wasilla, Costco Real Estate Development director Kim Sanford stated only, "Costco Wholesale's Senior Management has decided not to pursue this project further." Sanford and other company officials did not respond to calls about the decision. Costco...
