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    Costco Marketing Plan

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    Marketing Plan Costco Companies‚ Inc. MKT 680 Presented by Jose D. Carmona May 10‚ 2012 1. Executive Summary Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ which began operations in 1983 in Seattle‚ originated the membership wholesale club retail concept. By providing low prices on consumables like fresh foods‚ health and beauty care items‚ high-quality apparel‚ electronics‚ jewelry and other general merchandise‚ the company pioneered the retail concept that encourages members to visit regularly to achieve savings

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    Costco Case Analysis

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    Case Study: Costco Wholesale Corp. Financial Statement Analysis (A) A-186A 1. Chief elements of Costco’s Strategy Costco’s strategy relies on 3 main components: Customers‚ Supplier and Operating efficiency. Costco delivers the value to its customers by: products provided by no more than 14% over distributors price‚ Lowest per unit price in the optimal container‚ Kirkland brand name quality at discount prices. Costco target the customer segment of middle class customers in addition to small business

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    Narrative On Costco

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    I was eating dinner with his family I brought up how they are opening a new store “Did you hear about the new store that’s opening two blocks down‚”I stated “I heard it’s going to be Costco” I was g0ing to continue but then his brother Jack cut him off like he always does “Yeah I heard about that sounds promising.” They all nodded their heads. “Word of mouth says they open in a week‚ should we go?” My dad asked “Sure why not.” Jack said. I didn’t really care if we went or we didn’t then the rest

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    Swot Analysis Costco

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    Business risk 1: Company’s sales significantly dependent on its in-store sales. Level- High. Source- Technology Description: Costco generate its sales revenue mainly rely on the store sales. Online sales only account for about 4% of Costco’s in its annual revenue. While U.S.’s online sales are growing faster than store sales‚ the trend of shopping online for giant packages of everything has increased with times‚ and will get more and more popular in the future. In this context‚ two of Costco’s big

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    Costco Case Analysis

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    How well is Costco performing from a financial perspective? When Jim Sinegal founded Costco in 1983‚ the mission was to continually provide its members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices. In looking at the company’s performance in the fiscal years 2000-2006‚ the mission‚ to build a financially healthy company‚ has paid off well for those stockholders who invested in the membership warehouse idea. Our analysis looks at four areas to understand their financial performance

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    Swot Analysis For Costco

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    Olena Marchenko Costco Wholesale Operations and Supply Management OMIS 357 (Fall’09) Agenda •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Background and Business Model Processes and Queues Management Supply Chain Strategy Quality Control Inventory Management Recommendations Q&A Background •  •  •  •  Headquartered in Issaquah‚ WA 550 warehouses in 40 states Present in 6 countries outside US $71B revenue in 2008 1993: merged with PriceClub: PriceCostco (206 locations) 1998: Costco.com 1999: Costco wholesale 2009:

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    class optimistic and eager to spend‚ and consumers’ relentless pursuit of value all seemed to suggest that China was an ideal ground into which Wal-Mart could successfully transport its business model centring around the strategy of “Every Day Low Prices” (EDLP). However‚ in the midst of proclamations of market entry or ambitious expansion plans by many major world retailers came the news that Cassian Chueng‚ the president of Wal-Mart China‚ had resigned in March 2005 to spend more time with

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    Costco Wholesaler, Inc.

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    Costco wholesaler is a membership warehouse‚ which was founded in 1983 by Jim Sinegal and Jeffery Brotman in Seattle Washington. (Thompson Jr. 2009) They are still located in Washington‚ but their headquarters are now located in Issaquah. Since 1983 Costco has grown to have 725 retail stores worldwide and 506 of them are within the Unites States of America alone. These stores employ up to 200 000 employees and on average are paid $20.98 dollars compared to other stores such as Walmart who pay their

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    Introduction Costco is the fifth largest general retailer in the United States. Currently‚ it operated 608 warehouses‚ of which 439 are in the United States and the rest are in Puerto Rico‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ UK‚ Japan‚ Taiwan‚ Korea and Australia. They also have an online business as well as‚ Costco Travel to complement their warehouse operations. Costco actually focuses on selling their products to customers as a lower They gain an estimate of over $70 billion USD (2008) are generated through

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    Costco Case Analysis

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    BUS-670 CK MILLER M4 CASE STUDY Costco Wholesale in 2012: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy 1. What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not?  Costco’s business model is based on a best-cost strategy. They take the low-cost provider approach and combine that with creating value for the various stakeholders by focusing on excellent customer service‚ a strict code of ethics‚ treating employees like family‚ respecting suppliers‚ rewarding shareholders

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