Costco's "Digitally-Enabled" Sales

And, AZZ "experienced weaker demand."

October 09, 2025

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Costco's "Digitally-Enabled" Sales

Costco Wholesale $COST ( 0.0% ) ticked up 1.52% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting a favorable September sales report.

Details: Costco said its September sales grew 8% year-over-year to $26.58 billion. This included an 8.5% increase in the international business and a 26.1% jump in digitally-enabled sales.

Powering the Story: This marked the first time Costco changed its Ecommerce comparable sales metric to “digitally-enabled” comparable sales. The term includes all sales done on a digital device, including Costco-Travel.

Also: Sales in the U.S. grew 5.1%, while sales in Canada were up 6.3%.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Costco is experiencing exceptionally high digitally-enabled sales growth in 2025 due to a multi-pronged digital transformation strategy.

  • Costco’s investments in omnichannel experiences, logistics, member-targeted offers, technology upgrades, and digital partnerships with delivery platforms and payment solutions continue to pay off.

Final Thoughts: Costco’s stock is up less than 1% this year.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), PepsiCo (Nasdaq: PEP), Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), Applied Digital Corp (Nasdaq: APLD), Apogee Enterprises (Nasdaq: APOG), Neogen (Nasdaq: NEOG), Helen of Troy (Nasdaq: HELE), Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD), Byrna Technologies (Nasdaq: BRYN), Tilray Brands (Nasdaq: TLRY).

Notable IPOs Today: Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (NYSE: PXED), Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALH), LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. American Depositary Shares (Nasdaq: LFS), One and One Green Technologies. Inc Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: YDDL).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: AJNA BioSciences (StartEngine), The DeLuxe (SMBX), Roma Lux Fabrics (Honeycomb), CGB Green Liberty Notes (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: WASDE Report (12:00 p.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

AZZ "Experienced Weaker Demand"

AZZ $AZZ ( ▲ 0.82% ) , which provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions for metal protection, fell 6.49% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting disappointing financial earnings results.

Financials: AZZ reported earnings of $1.55 per share and revenue of $417.3 million in the past quarter. Both were lower than expected.

Quote: “Precoat Metals' experienced weaker demand in several end markets.” - AZZ CEO Tom Ferguson.

Final Thoughts: Shares of AZZ were up over 27% in 2025. Can it regain momentum after these disappointing results?

Solana’s Price Rebounds

As most cryptocurrency prices remained flat on Wednesday, Solana $SOL.X ( ▲ 0.73% ) rose by 3% due to a rapid round of short liquidations.

Final Thoughts: Solana’s price had been flat for the past week.

The New Normal: IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty and offers this advice: ‘Buckle up’ (Associated Press)

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