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07 May 2018
Costco is partnering with Blue Apron to offer a range of meal kits at its clubs in the Pacific Northwest and San Francisco Bay area. New range of meals developed for Costco This is the first time that Blue Apron is making its meal kits available in retail stores, having built its business on a subscription-based model. The company is providing Costco with a range of specific meals which rot...
08 March 2018
We review Costco’s second quarter results and the impact of its ecommerce programs. Ecommerce sales up 27.3% Costco delivered a solid second quarter performance, with total revenue up 10.8% to $33.0bn. Net income over the period increased by 36.1% to $701m. Comparable store sales increased by 5.4%, led by its international markets. Ecommerce sales continue to grow at a rapid pace, up 27.3% ...
27 February 2018
Costco has revealed that it will be opening a first outlet in Perth, Western Australia, with the store to open by 2020. West coast competition to heat up further The new 14,000 sq m store will open close to Perth Airport, with Western Australia being the sixth state that the retailer will enter in the market. The move comes just a few years since Aldi entered Western Australia and continues...
15 December 2017
We review Costco’s first quarter performance, including delivering ecommerce sales growth of over 40%. Results boosted by timing of key holiday trade Costco’s first quarter revenue increased by 13.2% to $31.8bn, with comparable store sales, excluding fuel and currency impacts up 7.9%. This included comparable store sales growth of 8.7% in the US, 4.3% in Canada and 8.2% across its other int...
06 October 2017
We review Costco’s fourth quarter and full year performance, and its launch of two new grocery delivery services. Our view: success through uniformity Both the Q4 and FY results reflect the enduring strength of the Costco business model. During a time when other retailers are focusing on shrinking their store formats, localising their offers and driving more personalisation, Costco can delive...
26 September 2017
The wholesaler has plans to start offering a delivery service for business customers in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Fresh and dry groceries available for delivery The retailer has set up a dedicated website ( www.costcowholesaledelivery.com.au ) for business customers, indicates that the retailer will deliver products to locations within 10km of its Docklands outlet. The customer must ...
14 September 2017
Costco Wholesale has launched a flagship store on Alibaba's Tmall as it looks to further expand the products it sells to Chinese consumers. One step closer to opening physical stores Costco started selling in China three years ago, on Alibaba's cross-border e-commerce channel Tmall Global. By operating on both platforms, Costco will be able to offer nearly 800 SKUs to customers in China, ab...
13 September 2017
Costco are setting-up an online shopping website in Australia, with launch expected in early 2019. The online offer...  Costco are in the early stages of developing an online shopping platform in Australia in preparation of Amazon's imminent entry to the market. The retailer will build one the largest dedicated warehouses in the country on the Oakdale Estate in Sydney to service their plann...
02 August 2017
Costco in Australia has confirmed that its latest store will open in Marsden Park, one of Sydney's north western suburbs, at the end of August. Third stores to serve Sydney The Marsden Park store will be the retailer's third store in Sydney, following stores in Auburn and Crossroads, which opened in 2011 and 2013 respectively. The store will be located 50km from central Sydney and will serv...
07 June 2017
Financial accounts filed with Companies House show that Costco UK grew sales by 8.0% in the full year 2015/16 (to 28 August 2016), taking its turnover over two billion for the first time, reaching £2,056.6m.  Around one third of this growth came from the first full year of trading of the new warehouse at Sunbury, opened in August 2015.  Food and grocery categories performed especially well, wi...