Costco Wholesale recorded higher sales in September and the first few days of October, with gains spread evenly across all regions. The warehouse retailer said Wednesday that sales rose 8% to $26.58 billion in the five-week period that ended Oct. 5, Reuters said.
Comparable sales, which adjust for store openings and closings, were up 5.7% overall, with a 5.1% gain in the U.S., 6.3% gain in Canada and 8.5% growth across international markets.
Digitally-enabled sales, a metric previously called ecommerce sales, were up 26% on a comparable basis. The metric includes all sales that were delivered to customers who ordered through a digital device, regardless of whether the orders were fulfilled through a warehouse or a distribution center or Costco-Travel.
