The Costco Connection: a Lifestyle Magazine for Costco Members.

Costco Connection is a magazine sent free to members of the warehouse club Costco and includes articles which regularly tie into the corporation along with business, political, health, and social articles. (Wikipedia.org)

The monthly Online Edition combines a replica of the print version with bonus content. Cover stories and popular features such as Buying Smart are extended with supplemental material. This electronic version makes the magazine easy to find, print and share articles with family and friends.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world based on sales volume, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship warehouse in nearby Seattle. Costco's Canadian operations are based near Ottawa, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) operates membership warehouses based on the concept that offering its members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products in a range of merchandise categories will produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. It buys the majority of its merchandise directly from manufacturers and route it to a cross-docking consolidation point (depot) or directly to its warehouses.

The Company’s depots receive container-based shipments from manufacturers and reallocate these goods for shipment to its individual warehouses, generally in less than twenty-four hours. The Company’s warehouse format averages approximately 140,000 square feet; newer units tend to be larger. Its warehouses operate on a seven-day, 69-hour week. It carries an average of approximately 4,000 active stockkeeping units (SKUs) per warehouse in its core warehouse business. (Google Finance)

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Cover Story: The Big Iittle bookstore
By Pat Volchok
Consumer reporter Pat Volchok gives a behind-the-scenes look at Costco products and services.

Costco book table offers great reads, great prices

THE HUNT IS DEEMED successful—the treasure found whenever an avid reader encounters the next great read. I’ve come upon memorable books while pawing through garage sales, visiting friends or lazing in neighborhood shops. However, what continues to delight and amaze me are the riches found at the little bookstore tucked inside my Costco warehouse.

It’s an area that feels unique, pairing the volume sales and incredibly low prices of a mega bookstore with much of what is appealing about a small bookshop. This is a place where things slow down. “The Table,” as it’s known in Costco circles, is a gathering place for the whole family, with colorful stacks of hardback and paperback bestsellers, children’s selections, coffee-table books, health and fitness howtos, reference books, cookbooks and audio books. Browsing is not only welcomed, but encouraged. Authors appear periodically for signings.

But I’ve always been curious: How do all these wonderful books end up at Costco? Who picks them? How on earth can anyone figure out what books will be available and what will not? What’s the story behind this unique part of Costco?

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