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Costco devotion: How the retailer with USC, San Diego roots hacked the shopping psyche
By Ben Ryder Howe | The New York Times When it opened in 1984, the Costco on West Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage, Alaska, did not seem like the future of food. A glorified shed the color of stale coffee, the warehouse offered the sort of products and deals …