Costco Wholesale Corp.

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Dodgers v.p. of sales and marketing Sergio del Prado leads a heavy-hitting lineup of Latino market retailers, experts, and consumer product goods executives set to speak at the third annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit, August 1-3, 2007, at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. - Membership wholesale club Costco Wholesale Corp. saw a 4.9 drop in profits due to the raise in its reserve for merchandise returns, which came as a result of the retailer's review of historical data used to determine how large it should be.

LONDON -- The latest research from Planet Retail here highlights major changes in the ranking of the world's largest grocery retailers. Its recently published "Top 30 Grocery Retailers Worldwide 2006" report and ranking ousted Dutch grocer Ahold from its top five position, with Japanese hypermarket/convenience store operator Seven & I taking its place.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Even with one less selling day in March, Costco Wholesale Corp. still saw an increase in traffic to its stores compared to last year.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. - Costco Wholesale Corp. c.e.o. Jim Sinegal paid back $200,000 to the company in connection with a misdated option grant he received 10 years ago, the chain said in an SEC filing yesterday.

ISSAQUAH, WA -- Costco Wholesale Corp. said on Friday it had been served with a Grand Jury subpoena from the U.S. attorney's office in Washington State, seeking documents and information relating to the granting of stock options.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Rising sales could not stem a tide of charges that drained profits from membership wholesale club Costco Wholesale Corp., as it took hits for the second quarter and half-year due, to the impact of a new consumer electronics return policy, and tax consequences from its recent stock option review.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Americans' satisfaction with the goods and services they buy reached an all-time high in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a report by the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).