1.What is the company name and contact information: physical and/or mailing address(es)‚ web site address‚ phone number(s). Costco Wholesale Corp 999 Lake Dr. Issaquah‚ Washington 98027 United States www.costco.com 1-425-3138100 2.In what type of business is this company involved? Costco is a members-only warehouse club retailer that provides low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products. 3.Identify one of the company’s industry NAICS codes
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BUSINESS RESEARCH ON COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION PRESENTED TO: TIM CARROLL PREPARED BY: YUZHEN LIN ID# 122629 CHENGKAI LV ID# 126218 February 14‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary............................................................................................. 2. Company Analysis 3. Industry Analysis..............................................................................................
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Costco Case Analysis Costco Case Analysis Costco was established in 1983 by Jim Sinegal and Jeff Brotman. Together they established Costco as the leading wholesale company in the United States and have moved its operations into the international market. Just like many successful companies they established a strategy that has allowed them to obtain an advantage over their competitors and gained a market share which includes but does not limit them to a more affluent clientele. In this review
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Organization: Hewlett – Packard (HP) Organization Culture: The organization culture of Hewlett-Packard is also known as “The H-P Way”. Within the context of “The H-P Way”‚ the employees of the organization together with the management are expected to follow a saying “Don’t Be Evil”. The H-P Way is supposedly to be honest in all its operations and in all of the information coming out from the business organization. But‚ one cannot remove the fact that not all information are going out and being
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Costco: Steering Into the Blue Ocean Background: Costco’s first location opened in 1976 in Moreno Boulevard‚ San Diego. Costco was originally named Price Club and later merged with Costco in 1993 by 1997 all the warehouses were renamed Costco Wholesale Warehouses. Costco was a small business but was very ambitious and thus expanded into warehouse clubs. Currently‚ Costco operates more than 663 warehouses and is a global powerhouse. Its total sales have surpassed $64 billion in recent years.
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|Costco | |ESC-Accounting and Finance | | | |This case analysis will analyze the efficiency and health of the organization. This | |case analysis was created using the textbook and the Stanford Graduate School of | |Business. Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Statement
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Costco Wholesale Corporation Costco is open to the public and also features privately owned brands like Kirkland signature. Costco Wholesale Corporation is a membership-only warehouse club and is the second largest retailer in the United States‚ the seventh largest retailer in the world and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. Costco employs 126‚929 full and part-time workers in the United States‚ and 185‚207 full and part-time employees worldwide. Costco offers lower
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Selina Palmer Professor Assuma MKTG 305 December 8‚ 2014 Costco SWOT Analysis Costco is a wholesaler since it buys products from suppliers and resells them to both retailers and consumers. Costco is the second largest retailer in the United States. Its greatest advantage is its wide range of merchandise. Costco has many locations and has retail outlets in other countries. Originally‚ Costco was merged with Price Club and the original executives belonged to both companies. However‚ Sol and Robert
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Stocks have given the highest yield over the past seventy years. The real challenge is to find a stock that is both profitable and safe‚ which I do using fundamental analysis. My long term strategy looks at ways to measure the safety of companies. In a world with dozens of startups erupting every day‚ the company must have a large market cap to ensure dominance over the industry. In addition‚ the company should have a modest P/E ratio‚ one of at least less than the average P/E ratio in the sector
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Costco Wholesale: Growing Leaders From Within COSTCO‚ a 500-warehouse membership retail chain‚ faced a major challenge. The strategic plan called for opening 35-40 new warehouses per year over a 5-year period. To meet this plan they needed 5‚000 additional leaders and they needed to grow them quickly from within. They knew from experience that hiring outsiders did not work and took too long (13 years on average) to develop a Warehouse Manager. Since their existing approach and leadership
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