Costco December Sales Results

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Issaquah, WA -</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">1.3.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Costco Wholesale Corporation reported positive sales results for December.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Costco's reported net sales for December rose twelve percent from $10.05 billion during the similar period in 2011 to $11.21 billion in 2012. The timing of the New Year’s holiday caused an extra day to be included in this year’s five week period, positively increasing sales by approximately 2%, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/costco_generic_BANNER.jpg" alt="images010312" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company reported that net sales for the first seventeen weeks of its fiscal year ended December 30, 2012 rose nine percent from $31.68 billion during the similar period in 2011 to $34.42 billion.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Costco operates 622 warehouses, including 448 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 85 in Canada, 32 in Mexico, 23 in the United Kingdom, 13 in Japan, nine in Taiwan, nine in Korea and three in Australia. Costco also operates electronic commerce websites.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=83830&amp;p=irol-irhome&amp;cm_re=1_en-_-Bottom_Nav-_-Bottom_investor&amp;lang=en-US" target="_new"> Costco Wholesale Corporation </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">