<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">3.8.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Costco Wholesale Corporation has reported February, second quarter, and year-to-date sales results. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Costco reported an 8% increase in net sales from $7.01 billion to $7.58 billion for the month of February, the four weeks ended March 3, 2013.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company reported net sales year-to-date for the twenty-six weeks ended March 3, 2013, which climbed 9 % from $47.22 billion during the similar period last year to $51.35 billion.<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/costco-sales-chart-feb-2013-2.jpg" alt="MORNING BLAST IMAGES - MARCH 8 2013" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Net sales for the second quarter increased eight percent from $22.51 billion last year to $24.34 billion.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Inflation in gasoline prices had a positive impact on comparable sales for all reporting periods<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://www.costco.com/" target="_new"> Costco</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
