Costco Gives Tips To Small Business Owners

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — If you want to sell your products through Costco, be prepared to offer top-of-the-line merchandise that can generate a minimum of $500 to $1,000 per week in sales per warehouse.

Those rules apply whether you are selling family-recipe barbecue sauce or cotton “onesies” for infants.

As the nation’s third-largest retailer, Costco generated nearly $58 billion in U.S. revenue in 2009, ranking ahead of Target, Home Depot and other top stores.

Art Jackson, vice president of general administration for the warehouse chain, shared advice Thursday in San Diego with vendors who aspire to reach the company’s 57 million card-carrying members.

Art Jackson, vice president of general administration for the warehouse chain, shared advice Thursday in San Diego with vendors who aspire to reach the company’s 57 million card-carrying members.

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