Insight Report 5 minutes PremiumCostco: A Timeline of Key Events – 2018 Coresight Research November 7, 2018 Executive SummaryIn this report, part of our Retailers’ Timelines series, we examine a timeline of key events in Costco’s recent history that have shaped it into the retailer it is today. Costco has focused on expansion in recent years. The company opened its first store in Iceland in May 2017 and its first store in France in June 2017. In October 2015, the company announced plans to open 12 new warehouses worldwide by the end of 2015. In 2014, Costco entered China by opening a store on the Tmall Global platform. In March 2009, Costco announced that it planned to begin operations in Australia and to open its first store in the country in July 2009, in Melbourne. Click here to read our full collection of Retailers’ Timelines. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: The State of In-Store Retailing: Opportunities To Redefine OperationsEarnings Insights 4Q23, Week 2: Alibaba, Amazon and CVS See Strong Sales Growth; Under Armour Witnesses Weak DemandUS and China E-Commerce—Retail 2024 Sector Outlook: Online Sales To Maintain Strong Growth MomentumIndia’s Post-Pandemic Retail Revival: Five Key Trends Signaling the Brick-and-Mortar Comeback