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Corporations Just Beginning To Tally Sandy’s Costs
Seattle-based Nordstrom and Issaquah-based Costco expect their November sales to suffer as a result of Superstorm Sandy, one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history.
Costco’s Key Revenue Figure Tops Analysts Expectations
Issaquah based Costco’s revenue at stores open at least a year rose 7 percent in October. Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that the metric climbed 7 percent in the U.S. and 9 percent abroad.
Target to Phase Out Pork from Cramped Sow Pens
Target is joining more than 30 food companies that have agreed to eliminate the cages, including retailers like Kirkland, WA based Costco and Kroger and producers including Smithfield, Hormel and Cargill.
Costco’s 4Q Results Top Wall Street Expectations
Shoppers continue to head to Costco in search of deals, helping the wholesale club operator’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income and revenue climb. Its performance beat Wall Street’s expectations, and its shares rose 4 percent in morning trading.
Costco-Sold Smoked Salmon Sparking Recalls
Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands, authorities said, sparking major recalls there and in the U.S.
Bellingham Residents Want Costco to Post Shopping Hours for Americans
A Facebook page that asks the Costco in Bellingham, WA to create a ‘special time just for Americans’ has created a stir in the Canadian and US media.
Canadian Invasion: Costco Shoppers Demand American-Only Hours
Costco customers in the town of Bellingham, north of Seattle, are engaged in a border war with their Canadian neighbors. The residents say they are tired of sharing the store and want to establish American-only shopping hours at their store.
President Obama Attends Two Seattle Area Fundraisers
President Obama plans to spend the night at the Hilton Bellevue hotel after attending two fundraising events at the home of Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal on the east side of Lake Washington on Tuesday.
Obama’s Visiting WA Today to Focus on Trade
President Barack Obama is outlining new steps to boost U.S. exports during a visit to a Boeing assembly plant in Washington state, calling on Congress to continue financing a national export credit agency crucial to a goal of doubling exports by 2014.
Obama to Tour Boeing Plant in Everett
President Barack Obama will visit Boeing in Everett during his visit to the Puget Sound on Friday.








