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"This is my favorite store," says Eric Nicholas, 37, of Bay Point, Calif., who shops Costco three times a month. "I always watch for new things." One purchase Nicholas made that he didn't even consider before seeing it at Costco: a $399 blow-up air bouncer for his kids. "It costs $100 just to rent it once," he says.
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LAKEWOOD, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Costco will become the fifth anchor store at Lakewood Center making it the single largest enclosed shopping center in the Los Angeles metro area. The move is a first for Costco in Southern California, where it has never before opened its doors as a part of a super regional shopping center.
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REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 30, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Costco Wholesale Corp. has chosen Microsoft® Commerce Server 2002 to drive the Costco.com online store. Commerce Server, part of Windows Server System (TM) , is an industry-leading e-commerce server that enables customers to rapidly build online commerce solutions. Through a joint development program with Microsoft for the 2006 version of Commerce Server and Commerce Server 2002 Feature Pack 1, Costco.com realized increased site performance and scalability, resulting in a system able to support one of the largest online retailers.
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A store manager in a Mattress Depot U.S.A franchise store in Seattle, Jim Carlson was not covered until his store enrolled in the Costco program two and half years ago. He went for a physical right after, and a blood test found he had cancer.
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