| 词条 | Price Club |
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| name = Price Club | image = Image:Price Club shopping cart.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = A former Price Club shopping cart | type = Private | industry = Warehouse | fate = Merged with Costco | successors = {{ublist |Costco |PriceSmart}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|1976|07|12}} San Diego, California, U.S. | founder = Sol Price | defunct = {{End date|1997}} | hq_location_city = San Diego, California | hq_location_country = United States | num_locations = 94 warehouses | num_locations_year = 1993 | area_served = North America | services = {{ublist |Merchandise |Cash & Carry |Warehouse club}} | website = {{URL|costco.com}} }}Price Club was the pioneer of the warehouse store, which Sol Price founded in San Diego, California. Price devised the Price Club concept in 1975 after being forced out of FedMart, another retail chain he founded. Price and a few of his friends put up $2.5 million in capital to open the first Price Club on July 12, 1976[1] at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Costco+Wholesale,+4605+Morena+Blvd,+San+Diego,+CA+92117/@32.8229174,-117.224355,18z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x80dc01aa3706dcfd:0x2967228db8dc4a21!2s4605+Morena+Blvd,+San+Diego,+CA+92117!3m1!1s0x80dc01a9c388679d:0x49d46a5c6c41ebd2 4605 Morena Boulevard], San Diego, the former site of a manufacturing building Howard Hughes once owned,[2][3] now Costco warehouse 401.[4] Club membership was initially only available to business customers, but was later opened to certain groups, such as employees of local businesses, nonprofits, and government.[5] The company charged shoppers a $25 annual membership fee to purchase bulk products at discount prices in a no-frills warehouse setting. Price Club's high sales volume enabled Price to give his employees more benefits and higher wages than typical retailers. The company expanded throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. In 1992, Price Club earned $134.1 million on $6.6 billion in revenue from 94 locations.[6] Price Club merged with rival Costco in 1993[7][8] and the combined company was known as PriceCostco. For a brief period, Price Club and Costco continued to operate as two separate stores with members of either chain being able to shop at both stores with their membership cards. In 1997, PriceCostco became Costco Wholesale Corporation and the remaining Price Clubs were rebranded as Costco. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n17_v27/ai_6580396/ | title=Discounting Hall of Fame: Sol Price: his deeds speak louder than words - founder of Price Club | last=Markowitz | first=Arthur |date=1988-08-22 | work=Discount Store News | accessdate=2011-01-05 }} {{retail-company-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.coriolisresearch.com/pdfs/coriolis_understanding_Costco.pdf |title=Understanding Costco | author=Coriolis Research Ltd. |date=June 2004 |accessdate=2011-01-05 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201201#pg27 |title=The empire built on values | author=The Costco Connection |date=January 2012 |accessdate=2011-01-05 }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/LocationTemplate.aspx?Warehouse=401 |title=Store 401 Location |author=Costco Wholesale Corporation |accessdate=2011-01-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120729042631/http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/LocationTemplate.aspx?Warehouse=401 |archivedate=2012-07-29 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-03-11/business/fi-34135_1_price-club | title=Price Co. ties its success to low prices: 9-year-old retailing giant nearly doubled earnings each year | last=Muir | first=Frederick | work=Los Angeles Times|date=1985-03-11|accessdate=2011-01-05 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121403336.html |title=Price Club changed America's shopping experience |first=Peter |last=Eisner |work=The Washington Post |date=2009-12-15 |accessdate=2010-03-12 }} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-17/news/mn-3921_1_price-club |title=Price Co., Costco Warehouse Stores to Merge |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 17, 1993 |first1=George |last1=White |first2=Chris |last2=Kraul |last-author-amp=yes}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/17/business/costco-set-to-merge-with-price.html |title=Costco Set To Merge With Price |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 17, 1993 |first=Adam |last=Bryant}} 8 : Defunct retail companies of the United States|Companies based in San Diego|Defunct companies based in California|Retail companies based in California|1976 establishments in California|1997 disestablishments in California|Costco|1993 mergers and acquisitions |
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