Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy. Shoppers flocked to the warehouse club for necessities such as food and sundries but shied away...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
FP Trading Desk submits: Consumers are buying up industrial-sized bags of coffee and other bulk household items in recessionary times and that is great news for Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST), according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Goldman's Adrianne Shapira said in a note to clients: Complete Story »
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Costco Wholesale Corp. on Wednesday says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose nearly 7%, as the largest U.S. warehouse club operator aims to lure shoppers stung by the economic downturn.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... supermarkets; Sumesa, a value-priced neighborhood supermarket; Costco, under a joint venture with Costco Wholesale Corp. and City Market, a high purchasing power segment supermarket. In addition, CCM operates a chain of 73 family-style restaurants.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... meals with ingredients they can cook at home. Many retailers, including J.C. Penney Co., Kohl's Corp., Saks Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. cut their outlooks as they use aggressive discounts to pull in shell-shocked shoppers. As retailers reported their sales figures Wednesday, even discounters weren't immune to shoppers' mounting worries about their financial security. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the...
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) is trading down over 1% pre-market, yet the upper-end big box retailer posted some very strong numbers when you consider... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Costco Wholesale Corp. said fourth-quarter net income rose to $397.8 million, or 90 cents per diluted share; up from $372.4 million, or 83 cents per share a year earlier. (COST)
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
(Reuters) - Discount retailer Costco Wholesale Corp reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as price-conscious shoppers headed to its warehouse locations for bargains.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) - Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose to $397.8 million, or 90 cents a share, from $372.4 million, or 83 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The results for the most recent quarter ended Aug. 31 included 7 cents a share in charges, and the year-earlier figure included 8 cents a share in charges, the company said....
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... supermarkets; Sumesa, a value-priced neighborhood supermarket; Costco, under a joint venture with Costco Wholesale Corp. and City Market, a high purchasing power segment supermarket. In addition, CCM operates a chain of 73 family-style restaurants. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, . Published ratings, criteria...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes that most of the business media, when writing about Costco’s recent earnings, forgot to mention that the company warned in July that its earnings would be lower than forecasted. Fuchs writes, “Here’s a Reuters headline, quite positive: ‘Costco profit up 7 percent.’ “And a Reuter’s lead, equally positive: ‘Costco Wholesale Corp [...]
