News Release

Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports January Sales Results
For the first twenty-two weeks of its fiscal year ended
Comparable sales for the five-week and 22-week periods ended
5 Weeks | 22 Weeks | |||
U.S. | 3% | 6% | ||
International | 5% | 7% | ||
Total Company | 4% | 6% | ||
Changes in gasoline prices had a slightly negative impact for the five-week period and a slightly positive impact for the 22-week period. Stronger foreign currencies had a positive impact for both periods. Excluding these effects, comparable sales were as follows:
5 Weeks | 22 Weeks | |||
U.S. | 4% | 6% | ||
International | 3% | 5% | ||
Total Company | 4% | 5% | ||
Additional discussion of these results is available in a pre-recorded telephone message. The recording can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (conference ID 73977640). This message will be available today through
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Costco currently operates 622 warehouses, including 448 in
Certain statements contained in this document and the pre-recorded telephone message constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (including health care costs), energy, and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions and other risks identified from time to time in the Company's public statements and reports filed with the
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