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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (148)	3/8/1999 3:35:00 PM
From: Michael	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

One of Bill's Show Dogs smartmoney.com <<Costco also revealed on Thursday that its same-store sales rose 10% for the month of February. It was the company's 30th consecutive month of comparable sales growth in excess of 6%, according to Daniel Barry of Merrill Lynch. Even as year-over-year sales comparisons get tougher and tougher for Costco, the company continues to top the list of retail performers. "This is a company that's never happy," says Ziegler. "They're always coming up with new stuff." >>

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (148)	3/8/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: Michael	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

<<But judging from Thursday's earnings and sales releases, Costco is holding up in the face of sell-at-a-loss retailing. And just in case, the Issaquah, Wash.-based retailer has set up a storefront on the Internet. The company launched its Costco Online Web site in October. No, a C-130 transport plane won't be dropping 60 cartons of toilet paper in your backyard. Online merchandise ranges from computers to flowers. But the virtual address allows the company to sell a number of items that it can't afford to keep in stores, such as $92,000 diamond rings. And unlike a variety of online retail newcomers, Costco has shown that it can sell goods cheaply in the real world and still make money. It's a little early to tell whether Costco's business model is selling in cyberspace, but analysts think the company is a prime candidate for Web success. "What Costco's doing is smart in that it capitalizes on their positioning in the market as a low-cost provider, but it's not just copying what it has in its stores," says analyst Laura Richardson of Pacific Crest Securities. >>