Costco's April Sales Jump 13%

May 5, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Financial Reports on May 6, 2010 Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported net sales of $5.83 billion for the month of April, the four weeks ended May 2.

That's a 13 percent increase from the $5.18 billion posted in the same four-week period last year.

For the 35 weeks ended May 2, Costco reported net sales of $51.04 billion, an increase of 9 percent from $46.66 billion during the same period last year.

The Issaquah, Wash.-based retailer oeprates 567 warehouses, including 414 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 77 in Canada, 21 in the United Kingdom, seven in Korea, six in Taiwan, nine in Japan, one in Australia and 32 in Mexico. The company plans to open six additional stores by the end of its fiscal year Aug. 29.