costco
1.What is the company name and contact information: physical and/or mailing address(es), web site address, phone number(s).
Costco Wholesale Corp
999 Lake Dr.
Issaquah, Washington 98027
United States www.costco.com 1-425-3138100
2.In what type of business is this company involved?
Costco is a members-only warehouse club retailer that provides low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products.
3.Identify one of the company’s industry NAICS codes and its name.
Paper mills. Code 32212
4.What is its ticker symbol? COST
5.In what year was this company founded?
1983.
6.How many employees does it have?
92,000 employees.
7.What is its annual sales/revenue? Give date also.
$87,048,000,000
August 30,2011
8.Select the Recent News tab and find one article of interest. Using the correct MLA format, write a full bibliographic citation. The format you see online is not MLA format so note the correct information and format for MLA. For help, see your textbook Appendix A or the Library Course Guides Citing and Writing Help.
9.Select the Financials tab; check the company’s stock Pricing and Performance. What was its last stock price? As of what date?
February 25, 2013- 101.70 is the last stock price
10.Select the Rankings tab. Choose a document title. What is the document title? What is the ranking method? What number is your company on this list?
“Retailers Investing the most on Construction projects,2011”
What company is investing the most on construction.
Ranked number 6.
11.Select the Industry tab. Using the NAICS code, find information about your company’s industry. Identify the NAICS code:322121 Document title: Paper mills
One interesting fact about the industry: the process of industrial papermaking is largely the same throughout the world.
12.Find an article about your company in this database. To begin, add your company’s name in the first search field. In the “Search a Field” box, pull
Costco Wholesale Corp
999 Lake Dr.
Issaquah, Washington 98027
United States www.costco.com 1-425-3138100
2.In what type of business is this company involved?
Costco is a members-only warehouse club retailer that provides low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products.
3.Identify one of the company’s industry NAICS codes and its name.
Paper mills. Code 32212
4.What is its ticker symbol? COST
5.In what year was this company founded?
1983.
6.How many employees does it have?
92,000 employees.
7.What is its annual sales/revenue? Give date also.
$87,048,000,000
August 30,2011
8.Select the Recent News tab and find one article of interest. Using the correct MLA format, write a full bibliographic citation. The format you see online is not MLA format so note the correct information and format for MLA. For help, see your textbook Appendix A or the Library Course Guides Citing and Writing Help.
9.Select the Financials tab; check the company’s stock Pricing and Performance. What was its last stock price? As of what date?
February 25, 2013- 101.70 is the last stock price
10.Select the Rankings tab. Choose a document title. What is the document title? What is the ranking method? What number is your company on this list?
“Retailers Investing the most on Construction projects,2011”
What company is investing the most on construction.
Ranked number 6.
11.Select the Industry tab. Using the NAICS code, find information about your company’s industry. Identify the NAICS code:322121 Document title: Paper mills
One interesting fact about the industry: the process of industrial papermaking is largely the same throughout the world.
12.Find an article about your company in this database. To begin, add your company’s name in the first search field. In the “Search a Field” box, pull