Costco starts exclusive morning shopping time for executive members
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Costco officially launched new shopping hours for US executive members on Monday.
The new time will allow Costco executive members to shop in the morning before the company’s US warehouse brings gold stars and people with business memberships.
Under the newly implemented “Executive Member Shopping Hours,” those belonging to the $130 annual membership will have exclusive access to Costco and its arrays from 9am to 9:30am on weekdays and Sundays and 9am to 9:30am on Saturdays, according to the warehouse retailer’s website.
Shoppers will see their membership cards when they enter the Costco Wholesale store in Niles, Illinois on March 8, 2002. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
The warehouse opens doors to other members at regular start times, at 10am on weekdays and Sundays and 10am on Saturdays.
Costco will open 27 locations this year and close on 1,000 sites.
company First revealed It plans to introduce extra shopping time to executive members at the beginning of the month via social media. He also emailed executive members about new benefits.
Costco’s food courts, optical centres, pharmacies and other “Executive Member Shopping Time” will be participating in “Executive Member Shopping Time” but the pharmacy will remain closed on Sundays.
On December 9th, 2023, shoppers outside the Costco store in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Angus Medanto / via Bloomberg / Getty Images)
The company had 37.6 million paid executive memberships at the end of the third quarter.
“Executive Member Shopping Time” is not a time-related operational movement Popular warehouse retailers It has been in place in recent months.
Costco has extended the time customers can use That North American gas station The vehicle will be filled up earlier this year.
“There were two of the two, thanks to the combination of expanding the gas station, openings at the new gas station and lower prices at the pump. The best gallon week of our history Last month in the US, CEO Ron Vachris said in May.
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He also said the company continues to pursue a variety of ways to “improve the member experience” on the retailer’s website, directing analysts and investors to “keep an eye on some new technology pilots that will help members check out through the front end at a faster pace.”
On July 11, 2024, the Costco store in Richmond, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
According to Vachris, Costco has recently engaged in tests like “Costco Scan & Go” in several warehouses.”
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The company allows members and people who hold Costco store cards to shop in the often vibrant warehouse.
Over the first three quarters of the year, Costco It generated approximately $3.6 billion in revenue from membership fees. They generated a total of $4.8 billion in revenue last year.
Pilar Arias contributed to this report.