Wholesale club retailer Costco (NASDAQ: COST) reported net sales of $9.35 billion for the month of January, the five weeks ended Feb. 3.
That represents a 7 percent increase from $8.74 billion during the same period last year. This year's month contained one less day than last year due to the timing of the New Year's holiday.
For the first 22 weeks of its fiscal year, the retailer reported net sales of $43.77 billion, an increase of 9 percent from $40.18 billion reported during the same period last year.
