Costco Begins Test Marketing Caskets
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CHICAGO - Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.    On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases of soda, started test marketing caskets along side mattresses at a North Side Chicago store and one in suburban Oak Brook...
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday said July sales rose 7 percent at its stores open at  least a year, helped by demand for fresh food and gasoline.
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Issaquah-based Costco Wholesale Corp. reported better-than-expected financial results on a number of fronts Thursday, and was rewarded by investors who bid up its shares by more than 4 percent.
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ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Discount retailing giant Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that profits grew 21 percent in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to higher sales and more revenue from membership fees.
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Early tests will cover in-person mobile coupons, payment by phone, and over-the-air account management.
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A new contest allows you to test your breakout business concept.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing gross margins and a tax reserve,   sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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eBay launches a new marketing campaign that hits close to home.
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Thousands of new products will be unveiled over the next few days in Las Vegas.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. reported a 5  percent increase in November sales at stores open at least a  year.
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Shoppers will be able to review and  rate the merchandise sold on Wal-Mart Stores Inc&#39;s Web site  beginning on Thursday, as the retailer works to expand its  online capabilities.
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Catering outlets may have to display graded food-safety certificates under new plans.
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Philip Morris USA, the tobacco company, will test-market four flavors of a smokeless tobacco product known as snus under the Marlboro brand name.
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Sony Corp. is in negotiations with Wal-Mart Stores and Costco Wholesale Corp. in the United States, in an effort to boost sales by shipping to discount chains with which it previously did little business.
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By Jim Wasserman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 2--Pity the full-fledged computer store in a retail era when consumers can pluck their electronics off the shelf, along with shampoo and shoes, at big discount stores like Costco and Wal-Mart.
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Owners of many forlorn brands are selling or licensing them in the hopes of reviving them through advertising, price promotions and public relations.
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Federal authorities plan to test government trailers used by hurricane victims to determine whether people are being sickened by formaldehyde emissions, officials said Friday.