Costco is a membership warehouse club, bringing their members quality brand-name merchandise. With hundreds of locations worldwide, Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services.

The company's first location, opened in 1976 under the Price Club name, was in a converted airplane hangar on Morena Boulevard in San Diego, CA, U.S.A. Originally serving only small businesses, the company found it could achieve far greater buying clout by also serving a selected audience of non-business members. In 1983, the first Costco warehouse location was opened in Seattle, WA, U.S.A. Costco became the first company ever to grow from zero to $3 billion in sales in less than six years. When Costco and Price Club merged in 1993, the combined company, operating under the name PriceCostco, had 206 locations generating $16 billion in annual sales. Since resuming the Costco name in 1997, the company has grown to more than 531 locations worldwide.

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