Costco Wholesale announces May sales results

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of 18.45 billion U.S. dollars for the retail month of May, the four weeks ending May 28, an increase of 1.2 percent from 18.23 billion dollars last year.

For the 39 weeks ending May 28, the company reported net sales of 174.07 billion dollars, an increase of 5.1 percent from 165.56 billion dollars last year, Costco announced Thursday.

Costco currently operates 853 warehouses, including 587 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 107 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 32 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, and two in the Chinese mainland.