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Originally Posted by JoMar
COSTCO has an army of MBA's, Lawyers, Accountants plus others doing their market research. I ran one of those operations for a number of years. It's not just abut population it's also about, demographics, government impacts, labor market, competition, projected profitability (yeah, the revenue guys need to step up), accessibility, liability and other insurances and more. If they make a decision to come here it will because it is in Costco's best interests, we and the surrounding areas would only be a means to get to their ends. We have no skin in their game, if the store fails we will just go someplace else.....which is why petitions, phone calls, letter, emails won't impact their decisions.
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Living here in Kirkland I have several friends that work at Costco headquarters. You said it. If Costco feels it can make money in TV, we’ll see a store. As TV grows it becomes more likely. I have many Costcos within a 10-mile radius and I do shop there often. In full disclosure I sometimes go there just for lunch. I do like/love their chicken bakes. Before you say it, yes I know they are very high in calories and fat. It may surprise some but not long ago they were the largest retailer of wine and diamonds in America, and might still be. So, yes they do have more than the 5 gal. bucket of ketchup.
