Costco Treats Employees Well, Sees Profits Soar

"Costco is bucking the retail blues today with an earnings report of 8 percent year-on-year sales growth, including a 5 percent increase in same-store sales. They also had what looks like a really big increase in total membership fees, from $459 million in this quarter last year to $528 million in the most recent quarter. For comparison's sake, Wal-Mart's up 1.2 percent and Target's up 0.4 per ...