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    Advantage and Sustainability Analysis � INTRODUCTION Costco Wholesale opened its first store in Seattle‚ Washington in 1983. Founders Jeff Brotman and Jim Sinegal had a simple yet powerful idea: allow people to save on basic necessities and consumer staples while taking advantage of special offers on high-end luxury items and durable goods. With $71 billion in sales and more than $1 billion in net income for their latest fiscal year‚ Costco is the leading player in the warehouse club segment of

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    Costco Wholesale is a membership based warehouse store that strives to provide quality products at the lowest possible price. They believe this is possible by following its Code of Ethics‚ which include obey the law‚ take care of its members‚ take care of its employees‚ and respect its vendors. As of 2014‚ Costco was named the third largest retailer in the United States and in 2015 it is the second largest in the world. Costco has a total of 674 warehouses worldwide. Costco serves more than 10 million

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    3.4 The Costco strategy in the wholesale price club. At the beginning of his creation Costco wholesale as his name indicates it only sales to wholesale business customers so to enter to its shops in the past you need to pay to have a special card to buy in their shops. This with the pass of the time was changing because they notice that they were losing potential retail customers‚ because they sell big size products and in big quantities and they realized that over the years in the USA the people

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    Costco Wholesale in 2008: Mission Business‚ Model‚ and Strategy  Question 1: What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? The official Costco’ mission statement is “To continually provide our member with quality goods and service at the lowest possible prices”. This statement shows us what drives Costco and their long-term goal is. They want to sell high quality goods and services to their customers‚ along with the lowest price of the market.

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    Strategic Plan for Costco Wholesale Corporation Executive Summary The retail industry is an extremely competitive environment that poses many challenges for Costco Wholesale Corporation and its competitors. Since many of the stores offer the same products‚ it may sometimes be very hard for customers to differentiate between retail stores. Even though the economy is recovering from a recession‚ the retail business is still a mature industry and is improving very steadily. Costco and its competitors

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    Case Analysis 1 Costco Wholesale Corporation: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy Renee Francia Strategic Human Resources BME 0939883 May 2013 Term Company Background Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) is a retail membership warehouse chain which was founded by Jim Sinegal and Jeff Brotman in 1983. Headquartered out of Issaquah‚ Washington‚ Costco has grown in to one of the largest wholesale giants in the industry. The company’s business model was to generate high

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    Costco Wholesale Corp.: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? Costco’s business model is focused on producing high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover by offering members low prices on a limited selection of national name brands and select private-label products in a wide range variety. Costco is focused in low-cost strategy is concentrated on a narrow buy segment and out competing rivals by having

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    CASE STUDY Costco Wholesale Corp.: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy In 2008‚ Costco’s sales totaled almost $71 billion at 544 warehouses in 40 states‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada‚ the United Kingdom‚ Taiwan‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ and Mexico. More than 50 of Costco’s warehouses generated sales exceeding $200 million annually and 2 stores had sales exceeding $300 million. Sales per store averaged $130 million annually‚ about 75 percent more than the $75 million per store average at Sam’s Club‚ Costco’s

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    Costco Wholesale Corporation: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy Costco’s Business Model Costco’s Business model is to generate high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover by offering members low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products in a wide range of merchandise categories (Thompson‚ 2007). Costco has to generate high sales volumes because their profit margin is so low. Their sales margin is around 2%‚ which means they are not creating

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    business model unlike most other retail shops‚ Costco is an exclusive membership warehouse club that strives to offer members the best prices and a variety of superior quality products. The first Costco warehouse was opened in 1983 in Seattle and has rapidly expanded worldwide over the span of two decades‚ with hundreds of outlets internationally in Mexico‚ Canda‚ Asia‚ Australia and the United Kingdom (Costco Wholesale 2014). The average Costco customer is found to be a college graduate earning

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