News Release

Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports November Sales Results
For the twelve-week first quarter ended
For the thirteen weeks ended
Comparable sales were as follows:
4 Weeks | 12 Weeks | 13 Weeks | |||||
U.S. | 3% | 2% | 3% | ||||
Canada | -10% | -9% | -9% | ||||
International | -3% | -5% | -5% | ||||
Total Company | 0% | -1% | 0% | ||||
Comparable sales for these periods excluding negative impacts from gasoline price deflation and foreign exchange were as follows:
4 Weeks | 12 Weeks | 13 Weeks | |||||
U.S. | 6% | 6% | 6% | ||||
Canada | 8% | 9% | 9% | ||||
International | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||||
Total Company | 6% | 6% | 7% | ||||
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 94082545). This message will be available today through
The Company plans to release its operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 after the close of business on
Costco currently operates 697 warehouses, including 487 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, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally 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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Source: Costco