Costco July Comps Climb 7%

Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales were $4.48 billion for the month of July, an increase of 11% from $4.02 billion in the prior fiscal year. For the forty-eight weeks ended July 30, 2006, the Company reported net sales of $53.23 billion, an increase of 11 percent from $47.78 billion during the similar forty-eight-week period of the prior fiscal year.
Comparable sales for the 4-week and 48-week periods ended July 30, 2006, were as follows:

4 Weeks       48 Weeks
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      US                      6%             7%
      International          14%            11%

      Total Company           7%             8%
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