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Costco can pay its employees more -- and therefore save on turnover costs and maintain an experienced staff -- because its operations are efficient. Each warehouse stocks a limited number of units, typically between 3,700 and 4,500; grocery stores can carry 10 times that amount despite their typically lower volumes. The company ... manages to turn inventory around quickly. Its warehouses each average more than $100 million in annual sales.
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By combining numerous small businesses together into one health care pool, Costco is able to get better insurance rates. The company ... tries to negotiate cheaper high-deductible insurance policies that carry enough benefits to be feasible. The discount is also due to lower commission to Costco and lower administrative costs. Unlike other insurance brokers, who manage a large number of plans, Costco only manages one or two in every state — the same way the company runs its warehouse stores.
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The Costco store now on the southern stretch of Federal Road already brings congestion to that road. Now the congestion will move north, and other retail big boxes will try to follow.
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The village condemned several small, locally owned businesses to make way for a shopping center anchored by Costco. The entire shopping center displaced hundreds of apartment residences, one of the largest employers in the village, specialty retail stores, and local restaurants. Costco sits on land that was once shared by a number of successful small businesses run by hard-working immigrants.
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Kirkland Signature is Costco's store brand, otherwise known in the retail industry as an "own-brand". It is found exclusively at Costco stores and is trademarked by the company. The name derives from the fact that Costco's corporate headquarters were located in the city of Kirkland, Washington, between 1987 and 1996.[10]
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The Oster(R) Licuado promotion is an exclusive partnership with Costco Stores. Licuado demonstrations will take place at 187 warehouses nationwide during the 2004 peak summer blending season. The California Milk Processor Board
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