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Why did Costco start in the Northwest and get so big?

Everyone has a Costco story. You go in to buy diapers and come home with a new sofa.
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Everyone has a Costco story. You go in to buy diapers and come home with a new sofa.

The Northwest is home to a variety of companies that have changed how we live our lives.

We spend more now on coffee thanks to Starbucks. Amazon is changing the way we read books. And another company with deep local roots has gotten many of us to buy more of everything: Costco.

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Jennifer Wing leads the KNKX News department. She is an award winning journalist whose work has aired on various outlets including NPR, the BBC, Marketplace and the Third Coast Podcast. Reach her at jwing@knkx.org.