Costco

5 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 7, 2016 by Alon Bloch · said 34 times in 23 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Costco, oldest first

Feb 7, 2016 bullish
Insight
Online car retailers must operate at Amazon-like high volumes to succeed
“Most dealers are small cash rich businesses that are local because of the franchise law. So they sell a 102 102 hundred cars, you know, we're selling more than that, but way more than that in order to be successful, you know, we need to be kind of a high volum…”
Alon Bloch Feb 7, 2016 ▶ 13:28 He did $900m in sales last year on something you touch every day with Allon Bloch of Vroom
Apr 25, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hazzard: HazzDesign chair hit 1M units sold over five years
“So I, you know, I think we calculated recently that we hit a million units total. So we've sold, but that's over, you know, what is basically five years.”
Tracy Hazzard Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 11:18 EP 246: Will She Replace Lori Grenier on Shark Tank? Her Designs Have Sold Brought In Over $1,000,000,000 In Revenue with Tracy Hazzard of HazzDesign
Apr 25, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Hazzard: Costco only charges a 12% margin on retail products
“Costco has a really interesting model, and this is why people should totally buy, if you're already interested in buying it, buy it from Costco, because they only charge a 12% margin.”
Tracy Hazzard Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 9:08 EP 246: Will She Replace Lori Grenier on Shark Tank? Her Designs Have Sold Brought In Over $1,000,000,000 In Revenue with Tracy Hazzard of HazzDesign
Apr 25, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Hazzard: HazzDesign's top chair has been sold at Costco for five years
“So our platinum record, if you want to call it, our platinum record product is a chair at Costco called, I think it's called metrics now. Like it always changes names every year, but it's been there for almost five years and you don't get to stay on the shelf …”
Tracy Hazzard Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 5:27 EP 246: Will She Replace Lori Grenier on Shark Tank? Her Designs Have Sold Brought In Over $1,000,000,000 In Revenue with Tracy Hazzard of HazzDesign
Feb 26, 2026 bearish
Insight
Yaman: Competing with Walmart and Amazon requires $2 billion and 10 years
“Don't try to compete with Walmart, Amazon, and Costco. That's, or if you're going to do that, you need to put Two billion dollars on the balance sheet and you need to make that like a 10 year journey.”
Jared Gaiman Feb 26, 2026 ▶ 5:16 From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman
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