Costco Wholesale posts net sales of $18.42B for August, up 5%
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Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) Wednesday posted net sales of $18.42 billion for the retail month of August, up 5% from $17.55 billion last year.
For the first 52 weeks of its 53-week fiscal year ended August 27, the company reported net sales of $232.95 billion, up 4.6% from $222.70 billion during the similar period last year.

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Source: Press Release



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