Some costco facts just because.
7% employee attrition rate. Amazon has from 69.5% to a high of 81.3% across all levels. As high as 150% at the warehouse level.
36% of their employees have been there over ten years.
Avg. wage is 26 dollars and includes decent benefits as well as a matched 401k.
Costco hovers around 3,800 skus (individual products) for comparison home depot has 35,000, walmart has around 100,000.
No one product at costco is marked up more than 14%. Which is interesting from a consumer stand point, but also a supplier’s point of view.