Hot Retail Companies To Own In Right Now

Hot Retail Companies To Own In Right Now: Costco Wholesale Corporation(COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities. The company's product categories include candy, snack foods, tobacco, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and cleaning and institutional supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, office supplies, garden and patio, sporting goods, toys, seasonal items, and automotive supplies; dry and institutionally packaged foods; apparel, domestics, jewelry, house wares, media, home furnishings, cameras, and small appliances; meat, bakery, deli, and produce; and gas stations, pharmacy, food court, optical, one-hour photo, hearing aid, and travel. It also provides business and gold star (individual) membership services. As of April 26, 2011, the company operated 581 warehouses, including 425 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 80 in Canada, 22 in the Uni ted Kingdom, 7 in Korea, 6 in Taiwan, 8 in Japan, 1 in Australia, and 32 in Mexico. It also has Costco Online, an electronic commerce Web site, at costco.com in the United States and at costco.ca in Canada. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Casey Kelly-Barton]

  Google (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) , Costco (NASDAQ: COST  ) , and Facebooktop a new Glassdoor survey of companies with great salaries and benefits. What can we learn from them and the rest of the Top 25 about attracting and retaining talent? Why is now the time to study their examples?

• [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]

  Warehouse club giant Costco (NASDAQ: COST  ) reported another strong quarter last week, with sales ! up 8% and earnings up 19% year over year. Costco continues to see strong traffic growth as customers appreciate its industry-leading prices. This has driven increases in the company's membership base, and has also allowed Costco to gradually increase membership fees.

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