Costco Test Markets Sale of 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...
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- Costco Wholesale Corp.  on Thursday reported a 2 percent rise in January sales at its stores open at least a year, saying sales were hurt as the five-week period included one day less due to the New Year holiday.
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Experts on nonprofits are starting to question the practice of building donations into the purchase of retail products.
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Costco Wholesale Corp  reported on Thursday a 6 percent rise in June sales at stores open at least a year, helped by increased sales of televisions, small appliances and other items.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O: Quote, Profile, Research) reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and a healthy rise in September sales on Thursday, sending its shares up 2 percent in pre-market trading.
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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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Costco Wholesale Corp  said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose almost 11 percent, meeting Wall Street targets, as bargain-hunting customers headed to its discount stores to buy cheaper gasoline and food.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on Thursday said November sales rose 5 percent at stores open at least a year, shy of Wall Street expectations, held back by falling prices for gasoline sold at its filling stations.
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By Jim Warren, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 2--A dispute that sounds worthy of a segment on Antiques Roadshow is brewing over period furniture from Ashland, the Henry Clay estate, that is going up for sale this weekend.
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Costco turns in a great quarter. And yet people seem confused. Funny.
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Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest wholesale club operator in the United States, said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 24 percent to beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue for the period was light.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. , the  largest U.S. warehouse club operator, on Wednesday posted  lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by higher taxes and  soaring oil prices that pressured margins at its gas stations.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday reported a 7 percent increase in May sales at stores  open at least a year.
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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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Costco Wholesale Corp.'s December sales increased 9 percent at stores open at least a year, the largest U.S. warehouse club said on Thursday.
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Furniture's gone bust, and bargains abound.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. on Thursday said it has stopped filling prescriptions at $4 for a 30-day supply, citing the costs, but instead is offering 100 pills for $10.