My bad, that was profits. Sales were in the billions. larry
On 1/13/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I was asking overall product sales. > > But aren't there more Costcos than Sams? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 3:31 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/243711_costco07.html > > > > $354.7 million for the 4th quarter. > > > > larry > > > > On 1/13/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But what about overall sales? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:48 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > > > > > > > OK lets do a more direct comparison, Costco and Walmart's Sam's Club. > > > > Costco offers health care benefits, and a higher hourly wage, whereas > > > > Sam's Club is very different. Costco had considerably higher profits > > > > last year. So you can have the extra benefits and still be very > > > > profitable. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192389 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
