COSTCO GAINS MARKET SHARE; PROFIT TOPS STREET VIEW
"The retailers ability to keep members engaged and coming back for more is unparrelled," Planet Retail analyst Sandy Skrovan said, adding that COSTCO was outperforming its peers in terms of sales growth and productivity.
COSTCO is the largest U.S. warehouse club chain and competes with BJ's Wholesale and Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Sams Club.
-Reuters, March 12, 2012
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