Week 4 - News Article - Warehouse store comparison: Costco, BJ's & Sam's Club

This week an interesting article comparing some of the usual products you will see at Costco, BJ's & Sam's Club was released. A few of them I had no idea were avaliable within the stores.  

Beyond Big Screen TV’s, Cellphones, and Bulk food…..Costco also offers purchasing a car to go in your driveway at a no haggle price and one I never knew…a mortgage for your home. This is something I had never thought of going to Costco for. Full article below showing some of the different usual product offerings you will find in Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club. 

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/money/consumer/consumer_specialist/Warehouse-store-comparison-Costco-BJs-Sams-Club-and-the-unusual-products-they-sell

Although this article doesn't really have any effect on Verizon, I found it to be enlightening and shows that the stores business models are molding to being more and more of a one stop shop. What will they come up with next! 

Week 3 - Costco Store Visit/New Display

Mid last week I took a little visit to the Costco Store here in Greenville,SC to check out the Wireless Kiosk and see what was new in the store.

Believe it or not the main Wireless Kiosk was super busy with about 6-8 customers working with the three Wireless Advocate Associates which made it hard to talk to them or get too many good pictures free of people.

I did want to share with you two pictures I have of the New Digital Phone Display which I feel like really adds to the Wireless area within the stores, although nothing on the new display is carrier specific. Below is a picture of the display in the Greenville Store   It is located on part of the Endcap on the aisle next to the main Kiosk.

Plan-o-gram

It has been awhile since anything new has been added to the Costco Wireless area and thought it was worth sharing in case you haven’t checked out a Costco lately!

Week 2 - News Articles - Bulk Shopping From The Boxed App

Here are two articles on a new app called Boxed that gaming developers have created to take a chuck out of bulk shopping at Sam’s Club, BJ’s and Costco. The app is available on iTunes already and will soon be available on Google play.

As the article states, the warehouse club-on-your-phone will initially be available to shoppers in New York and surrounding areas along the East Coast and will be expanding across the country in this fall. It will be interesting to see if the app takes off and if it will have any impact on sales in those stores in the near future.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/shlep-new-app-lets-costco-like-savings-bulk-items-trip-store-article-1.1432995

http://pandodaily.com/2013/08/22/boxed-is-more-than-an-costco-delivery-app-its-a-mobile-commerce-platform-built-by-mobile-gaming-experts/

Something to watch in the next few months!