Why We're So Obsessed With Costco | The Hustle

Get the 5-minute newsletter keeping 2M+ innovators in the loop: https://thehustle.co/ To get through Costco's doors, you need a membership. And there's no easy way around it, especially lately. As of June 2023, Costco says it will have employees stationed at self-checkout lines to check member identification cards so that only those that pay to get in can get in on the savings. Costco membership fees are one of the main ways the warehouse is able to offer low prices compared to other retailers. Those low prices can be found on everything from a 72-pound block of cheese to a casket to a $1.50 hotdog. And it works. In a time of online shopping supremacy and dying retail stores, Costco has consumers hooked. So what other ways do they get us coming back? And why are customers so obsessed? This original story was reported by Zachary Crockett. To read the original story, visit https://clickhubspot.com/qun.