Despite objections from shopping center owners (they claim Costco will be anti-competitive), plans for the Sydney Costco are moving forward and have been approved.  The NSW State Government has approved a new $60 million Costco development in Auburn, in Sydney’s west.  Previously, Patrick Noone, the Australian managing director for Costco, had said that once planning [...]

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Costco has recently announced that they will be trying to open six new Australian warehouses in the next three years!  That’s got to make all the Costco fans in Australia happy.  The next location they are hoping to open is in Sydney, if they can get the go ahead to start building.  After that the [...]

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Okay, that might actually be sugar coating it…quite a bit. If you aren’t in the UK, then you’ve probably never looked at the website for Costco in the UK, but go ahead and do it. I’ll wait. Pathetic, isn’t it? And you know, the websites for Costco Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and [...]

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I found an article giving just a little more insight into the Costco operations in Australia.  This article covers the financial situation a bit and discusses how Costco has added another $25 million to the Australian operations, on top of $83 million provided in 2008.
According to Patrick Noone, the local managing director for the Melbourne [...]

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[This guest post gives us all a little update on how the new Melbourne location is doing from TJ in Brisbane.  He's also interested in seeing a some reviews from his fellow Australians.  So, add yours to the comments or send me your own Guest Post (see the Guest Post page).]
G’Day from Australia!
I thought I [...]

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