[lbo-talk] Walmart and Costco

Autoplectic autoplectic at gmail.com
Wed May 4 06:17:20 PDT 2005


On 5/4/05, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at rogers.com> wrote:


> Is Costco unionized? If it isn't, you wouldn't expect pay/benefits to
> (voluntarily) be so much higher than at its chief rival. It competes in the
> same markets, doesn't it? What about the relative earnings and market share
> of the two companies? How does Costco withstand the inevitable pressure from
> its investors - I assume it's publicly traded - to bring its labour costs
> more into line with Walmart? Does anyone know?
>
> MG

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Have a peek at:

<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/182915_costco21.html>

<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/166680_costco29.html>

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