Costco Wholesale Corporation (-0.2%) was down slightly on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, despite reporting accelerating like-for-like sales growth in November.
The warehouse chain announced last night that it generated net sales of $20.1 billion in the four weeks to November 26, up 5.1% year-on-year.
On a like-for-like basis, sales rose by 3.5%, compared with a 3% increase in September.
The group also expressed its sadness at the death of Charles Munger, Warren Buffett's acolyte and long-standing board member, on the eve of his 100th birthday.
No one appreciated Costco more than Charlie," paid tribute to him in a statement by Craig Jelinek, the retailer's CEO.
"The group has benefited enormously from his wisdom over the past 25 years. The Costco teams send their deepest condolences to his family', he added.
Costco Wholesale currently operates 870 warehouse stores worldwide, including 599 in the USA, 108 in Canada, 29 in the UK, four in Spain and two in France.
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Costco Wholesale Corporation specializes in the distribution of products and services at discount prices (food, sports equipment, household appliances, books, toys, jewelry, TVs, cameras, photo developing and printing services, etc.). The group develops its activity through a network of warehouse stores opened to individuals or companies who have paid a subscription fee. Net sales break down by revenue source as follows:
- sales of products (98.1%);
- sales of subscriptions (1.9%).
As of 03/09/2023, Costco Wholesale Corporation had a network of 861 warehouse stores located in the United States and Puerto Rico (591), Canada (107), Mexico (40), Japan (33), the United Kingdom (29), Korea (18), Australia (15), Taiwan (14), China (5), Spain (4), France (2), Sweden, New Zealand and Iceland.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (72.9%), Canada (13.6%) and other (13.5%).