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		<title><![CDATA[Sliding Electronics Prices May Favor Walmart, but Best Buy Has It's Place]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Price wars on computers and other electronics have driven unit sales and made the process that takes a technology item from expensive premium status to low-cost commodity swifter, but even if circumstances seem to favor price-oriented retailers such as Walmart WMT, Target TGT and Costco COST donâ€™t count out Best...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:03:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pernod to Boost Investment Behind Strategic Brands]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Client:  While some companies are cutting back in Advertising and Promotional (A&P) spend, Pernod Ricard is investing more in its strategic brands, the company said today in its fiscal year (ended June 30) earnings call. And although 2009 was a â??difficultâ?? year for everyone marred by consumers shifting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:34:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The High Cost of Low Morale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employee engagement is the top workforce priority for 2009, according to a King's College London survey.    It's now a strategic HR objective, as well as part of the corporate brand, with companies competing to be great places to work. Even the government has taken to the term,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:01:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: Recession May Wane but Wal-Mart Retains Advantage]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer intentions to cut spending in the recession are at least growing less severe, the Trend Tracker Study conducted by the Gordman Group consultancy indicated, but any benefits from that development will continue to boost retailers most closely identified with low prices, and particularly Wal-Mart.    In the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:14:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reality Moots Struggle Between FTC, Whole Foods]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods and the United States Federal Trade Commission are back in court again, but their whole anti-trust struggle seems increasingly pointless.    In the current phase of the anti-trust case, Whole Foods is trying to prevent the FTC from holding an administrative trial over its acquisition of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:35:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons for Thanking Your Small Biz CEO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this BNET Intercom guest post, Smartsheet chairman Brent Frei shows how the much-harried small business CEO is different from his Fortune 500 counterpart -- in all the best ways.    With all the negative press around CEO pay, golden parachutes and extensive kickbacks for executive management, it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:57:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Costco E-Commerce Booms, Linens 'n Things to Liquidate, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costco's Web sales increase 42 percent -- Costco Wholesale Corp., one of the fewÂ retailers who appears to be affected minimally by the down economy, reported another year of solid sales-- especially in its e-commerce sector. The retailer generated fiscal 2008 Web sales of $1.7 billion, nearly a 42 percent increase...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:55:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five Masters of the Boardroom]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Challenging times call for extraordinary board members who can thwart corporate chaos. Here are five who shine.    img.boardmember {border:4px solid #edece7; background:#fff; padding:4px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; }     				             ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whole Foods CEO Blames the Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods CEO Blames the MediaWhole FoodsAfter reading the story concerning Whole Foods-I would like to express that you cannot compare generic chain stores with specialty grocers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or other organic retail distributors. I always find it amazing that people take better care of their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco December Sales Results Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptCostco COST  December Sales Results Call  January 10, 2008  8:30 am ET  Executives Bob Nelson &#8211; Head of Finance and Investor Relations Presentation  Bob Nelson Good morning and thank you for calling. I&#8217;m Bob Nelson, Head of Finance and Investor Relations here...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:05:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions   Our first question is coming from Lisa Monaco with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.   Lisa Monaco - Morgan Stanley  Good morning. Howard or Susan, I was wondering if you could elaborate on the crafts side. Susan, you mentioned the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 11:44:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports September Sales Results]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200610/ai_n16754856]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $5.56 billion for the month of September, the five weeks ended October 1, 2006, an increase of 8% from $5.14 billion in the same five-week period last year.  Comparable sales increased 4% during this five-week period (3% domestically...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports August Sales Results and Revises Earnings Outlook for Its Fiscal Fourth Quarter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $4.55 billion for the four weeks ended August 27, 2006, an increase of 11 percent from $4.08 billion in the same four-week period last year. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports March Sales Results and Plans for Membership Fee Increase]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_April_6/ai_n26819727]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $5.36 billion for the five weeks ended April 2, 2006, an increase of 10 percent from $4.87 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. For the first thirty-one weeks of its fiscal year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco F2Q06 (Quarter Ending February 12, 2006) Earnings Conference Call Transcript (COST)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-235690.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. Operator instructions Your first question is from Deborah Weinswig with Citigroup.  Deborah Weinswig  - Citigroup  Good morning, Richard. You gave us a tremendous amount of detail on gross margins. Can you also help us understand right now where you are in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports July Sales Results]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_August_4/ai_n14862163]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $4.02 billion for the four weeks ended July 31, 2005, an increase of 8 percent from $3.71 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. This year's four-week period included 27 days of sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports June Sales Results]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_7/ai_n14725498]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $5.22 billion for the five weeks ended July 3, 2005, an increase of 12 percent from $4.65 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. This year's five-week period included 34 days of sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports August, Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004 Sales Results]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Sept_2/ai_n6179004]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $3.65 billion for the four weeks ended August 29, 2004, an increase of 7 percent from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The merger was a 'natural']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- When Costco Wholesale Corp. merged with Price Co. in 1993 the combination seemed like a natural. "The merger brought together two companies, each with 90 outlets and about $7.5 billion in annual sales," recalls Costco chief financial officer Richard Galanti. "The cultures and philosophies of the two...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports June Sales Results]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $4.64 billion for the five weeks ended July 4, 2004, an increase of 9 percent from $4.28 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. This year's five-week period included 33 days of sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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