Next time you shop at Costco, don't be surprised if you're asked to scan your membership card rather than showing it to the employee at the entrance. In the "coming months," the warehouse store will ...

NEW YORK -- Bad news if you're mooching off of someone else's Costco membership: The retail giant is cracking down. When you enter Costco, you need to show your membership card to an employee to shop.

Costco’s introduction of membership card scanners at the front of US stores is still rolling out, but the move is already paying off big for the wholesale club. Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a note ...

Costco is now strictly and universally enforcing its long-standing rule that only the member listed on the card is permitted to use it, with particular scrutiny at self-checkout registers. This ...

Since September 2024, individual members in the U.S. pay $65 per year, a $5 increase from past dues. Executive memberships ...

Costco Australia has rolled out a new membership card scanning system across its stores, a move that aims to enhance security ...

The retailer has long done membership checks before entering, but began testing a new way to do it in January. Instead of just flashing your card to an employee as you walk in, they asked members to ...

Costco has been testing checkout technology it hopes will speed up the checkout process, something members rank as one of their significant concerns with the warehouse retailer. CEO Ron Vachris said ...