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		<title><![CDATA[Costco and Other Warehouse Clubs Are Still Cruising -- For Now]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The warehouse club sector has done pretty well in the recession, but there is one thing to worry about, eventually: Its dependence on membership fees.    On the surface, all looks well. Setting aside gasoline sales, Costco's comparable-store sales in the past quarter rose three percent. Gas is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:16:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why We Believe (Wrongly) Membership Fees are a Bargain]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=136]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Costco and other discount membership clubs sell product to 1 in every 11 people in the United States and Canada, according to a recent study. Why do so many people shop in these vast emporiums? We believe that by purchasing pallets of pickles, vats of  Vaseline, and beef cuts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:08:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minus charge, BJ's numbers please street.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200503/ai_n17270949]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, MASS. -- Nicked by a $7.2 million non-cash charge to  correct errors in the way it accounted for leases, BJ's Wholesale  Club saw a 4.4 percent dip in fourth quarter profits, to $47 million  from $49.2 million last year.       But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Online DVD-rental price war getting testy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart recently upped the ante in the quickly-escalating war for market share of the online/rent-by-mail DVD segment by dropping their monthly membership fee to $12.97. Just last month, Blockbuster dropped the price of its online membership fee to $14.99, undercutting both Wal-Mart and online rental pioneer Netflix....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[YAHOO JAPAN TO CHARGE EXTRA FEES FOR AUCTIONEERS. ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1523/is_200203/ai_n6813730]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO, March 4 Asia Pulse - Yahoo Japan Corp. (TSE:4689), a major Internet search engine operator, will start charging fees to members of its online auction service, in addition to a monthly basic membership fee of 280 yen (US$2.10), with the aim of reinf      TOKYO,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ's increases 4Q profits by 15%.(BJ's Wholesale Club )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200103/ai_n17265698]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, MA -- Bucking a soft economy and a spotty retail  environment, BJ's Wholesale Club drove fourth-quarter profits up a  heady 15.0 percent, to $54.8 million from $47.7 million last year,  building on stronger same-store sales, new club openings     NATICK, MA -- Bucking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco ups Gold Star membership fee - Brief Article]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISSAQUAH, WASH. -- With its membership renewals at an all-time high of 86% for its 1999 fiscal year, which ended August 1999, Costco has decided to increase the cost of its Gold Star membership fee by $5.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ'S Wholesale Club, Inc. Says Membership Income Accounting Complies With All Applicable Standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Sept_3/ai_21092246]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1998--BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) said today that it recognizes membership fees upon receipt of the members' payment. The company has been consistent in its recognition of membership fees since its inception in 1984. The company also said it is not aware of any accounting pronouncement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ'S Wholesale Club, Inc. Says Membership Income Accounting Complies With All Applicable Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1998--BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) said today that it recognizes membership fees upon receipt of the members' payment. The company has been consistent in its recognition of membership fees since its inception in 1984. The company also said it is not aware of any accounting pronouncement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ'S Wholesale Club, Inc. Says Membership Income Accounting Complies With All Applicable Standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Sept_3/ai_50283291]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1998--BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) said today that it recognizes membership fees upon receipt of the members' payment. The company has been consistent in its recognition of membership fees since its inception in 1984. The company also said it is not aware of any accounting pronouncement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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