<p><strong>ISSAQUAH, WA.</strong> - Costco Wholesale Corporation has released its December Sales Results. The company is reporting net sales of $10.05 billion for the month of December which consisted of the five week period that ended January 1, 2012. The sales reflect an increase of nine percent from $9.19 billion during the similar period in the previous year. For the first eighteen weeks of Costco's reporting period that ended January 1, 2012, it reported net sales of $33.18 billion providing an eleven percent increase from $29.78 billion during the same comparative period last year.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.costco.com</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
