Costco: Where tech changes, but hot dog prices don't
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Twenty-eight million chickens a year are grilled on the spit at the retailing giant, and it sells a lot of TVs too.
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A survey of Apple and AT&T stores finds they're not all the same when it comes to stocking and reserving the much-hyped gadget.
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The food company's profits are hit by cost pressures -- are higher prices the solution?
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Costco's CEO has built a great company, the Foolish way.
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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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In a new blog entry, Richard Thomas shares some of his opinions on a problem he's noticed in the area of IT with companies not realizing one thing - the cost of living differences.   So you got companies like Yahoo, PriceGrabber, IBM and others trying to hire and at some points almost begging for people to apply they are sure to have something to offer right? Move to the silicon valley and if your a good programmer you can make $65-90K a year easy so it makes sense doesn't it?   In his opinion this is one of the major barriers that faces companies - not being able to attract developers with offers that make sense for the area. They flash large numbers at them, hoping that they'll accept only to find that they can't live quite how they expect.
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Giving customers handheld price scanners is not the next big thing. Radio frequency identification chips are.
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Kmart (KMRT) has just pulled the rough equivalent of a refrigerator out of its hat. Make that a Kenmore brand refrigerator from Sears (S).
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Operational efficiencies and a booming top line fuel Costco's amazing run.
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Sure, there are more brands than ever. But their value is plummeting as consumer loyalty evaporates. Who's to blame? A new breed of hyperinformed superconsumers. By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine.
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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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The operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains said higher costs in the United States offset strength in its international business.
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Virtual worlds, mobile coupons and  bar-code readers on cell phones are the next technology wave  that U.S. chain stores must ride if they hope to stay  competitive in the fast-changing world of global retail.
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In investing and plumbing, tried-and-true often tops different and new.
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Java lovers, hold onto your nickels and dimes. Months after retail coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks raised the cost of their caffeine concoctions, the price of coffee is still on the rise.
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Business & money: Â· Store group challenges Tesco view on pricesÂ· Pledge to give a better deal to smaller suppliers
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Some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.