Costco Wholesale Corp. reported net sales of $16.84 billion for the retail month of January, the four weeks ended January 29, 2023, an increase of 6.9 percent from $15.76 billion last year.

Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year occurred on January 22, 10 days earlier this year. The shift negatively impacted January’s Other International and Total Company sales by approximately 2 percent and 0.25 percent, respectively.

For the 22 weeks ended January 29, 2023, the company reported net sales of $99.00 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from $92.10 billion last year.

Comparable sales were as follows:

Comparable sales excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange were as follows: