Costco Sales, Comps Dip for February

Costco reported net sales of $5.06 billion for fiscale February, a decrease of 1.4% from $5.13 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. For the six-month retail reporting period of September through February, the twenty-six weeks ended March 1, 2009, which includes the first two weeks of the company's fiscal third quarter, the company reported net sales of $35.08 billion, an increase of one percent from $34.77 billion during the comparable period of the prior fiscal year.

Comparable sales for the 4-week retail-reporting month of February and the 26-week retail-reporting period of September through February were as follows:

                            4 Weeks    26 Weeks

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U.S.                            0%        +1%

International                 -15%        -9%

Total                          -3%        -1%

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