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							 Eli McDaniel
Angela Perrone
 Katie Moore
                   Strengths
•   Membership
•   Sales
•   Employee’s are happy
•   Setting industry standards
•   Low prices
•   Energy efficient
•   Return Policy
•   Samples
   Weaknesses
Who really needs all that food?
      Membership
Too much pay for employees?
                Opportunities
•   Open on holidays
•   Bags?
•   More variety
•   More food choices...bring back the pretzels!
•   Target other niches
•   Foreign markets
•   Go Greener
•   Advertise
                  Threats
• Sam’s Club & Wal-Mart
• Shopping at local, specialty, and mom and pop
  stores
                      Future
                               Jim Senegal
• Growth
• On-line will boom
                             Citations
•   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco
•   http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/business/yourmoney/17costco.html?pagew
    anted=1&_r=1
•   http://images.google.com/images?q=costco+&svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&start=18
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•   http://www.gwiv.com/CostcoHotDog1.jpg
•   http://media.monster.com/xcostcox/Managers_.jpg
•   http://www.downdeals.com/images/Sams_Wholesale_Club.jpg
•   http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cameronlawrence.com/ima
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    =120&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3DWal-
    mart%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-
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•   http://www.getmoreofwhatyoulove.ca/images_upload/live/couponsweek8east.jp
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