REUTERS/Tom Bateman/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights New Tab , opens new tabJuly 10 (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale (COST.O) New Tab , opens new tab said on Wednesday it would hike annual membership fees for the first time in seven years for its U.S. and Canada customers, effective Sept. 1.
Costco said the maximum annual 2% reward associated with executive membership will also increase to $1,250 from $1,000.
"The market has been expecting (discussion of) a membership fee hike for a couple years ... management historically tends to raise membership rates every 5 to 6 years," said Michael Ashley Schulman, chief investment officer at Running Point Capital Advisors.
For fiscal 2023, membership fee revenue accounted for 1.9% of the company's total revenue.
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Tom Bateman, Costco, Michael Ashley Schulman, Schulman, Granth, Mohammed Safi Shamsi
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Costco, REUTERS, Costco Wholesale, Running, Capital Advisors, Thomson
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Meiwa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Canada, Bengaluru