Costco Rises as Margins Improve in Competitive Wholesale Market

A customer browses chips displayed for sale at a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in San Francisco. — A customer browses chips displayed for sale at a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in San Francisco.
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By Matthew Boyle

March 7, 2019 at 9:25 PM UTC

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Costco Wholesale Corp. rose in late trading as the retailer’s margins beat projections in what’s becoming an increasingly competitive warehouse-club market.