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Costco Wants to Stop Membership Card Sharing

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Costco Wants to Stop Membership Card Sharing

Costco Wants to Stop Membership Card Sharing

Costco Wants to Stop , Membership Card Sharing.

CNN reports that people who aren't Costco members are increasingly using other people's cards at self-checkout.

The company will now ask to see an ID along with a membership card at self-checkout registers.

We don’t feel it’s right that nonmembers receive the same benefits and pricing as our members, Costco, via statement.

The warehouse club retailer is one of the world's biggest membership clubs, CNN reports.

A regular membership costs $60 a year, and an executive card costs $120 a year.

Costco's membership prices have not gone up since 2017.

Last year, Costco raked in $4.2 billion from membership fees alone.

That's 9% more than what membership fees brought in the year prior.

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Changes to the company's membership structure could cause it to raise prices, CNN reports.

The extent to which we achieve growth in our membership base, increase the penetration of Executive membership, and sustain high renewal rates materially influences our profitability, Costco, via statement


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