Annual Report 2012 2012 YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 THE COMPANY Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (Costco or the Company) began operations in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. In October 1993, Costco merged with The Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In January 1997, after the spin-off of most of its non-warehouse assets to Price Enterprises, Inc., the Company changed its name to Costco Companies
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in Consumer Demand & Preferences . . . 20 o Changes in Regulation . . . 21 o Intellectual Property Rights . . . 21 o Employee Costs . . . 21 o Pixar . . . 22 o Interest Rates . . . 22 o Foreign Exchange Rates . . . 22 o Restrictions on Trade . . . 23 o Taxes . . . 23 • Financial Restructuring . . . 23 • Recommendations to Management . . . 23 • References . . . 26 • Appendix . . . 27 Executive
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