Sources

Show transcript (7)

Quotes and chapter references from Acquired itself. The primary source for what the hosts argued.

1. [01]

   Acquired Costco, ch. Intro

   29 refs · 3 surfaces
2. [02]

   Acquired episode Costco

   7 refs · 2 surfaces
3. [03]

   Costco 2024 10-K + Acquired episode Costco

   2 refs
4. [04]

   Acquired episode Costco (citing Alex Morris / The Science of Hitting) + Costco 10-K filings FY2014-FY2023

   1 ref
5. [05]

   Acquired episode Costco + 2024 investor disclosures

   1 ref
6. [06]

   Acquired episode Costco; 2018 Costco shareholder remarks (Jelinek)

   1 ref
7. [07]

   https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/costco

   1 ref

SEC filings (2)

10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements. Audited financial disclosures. The most legally hard evidence in the file.

1. [01]

   Costco 2024 10-K

   3 refs
2. [02]

   SEC EDGAR — Costco 10-K filings

   1 ref

External press & research (2)

Wikipedia, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg, books. Independent reporting that corroborates or sharpens the show's claims.

1. [01]

   The Science of Hitting — The Costco Snowball

   1 ref
2. [02]

   NYT — How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart (Greenhouse, 2005)

   1 ref

Other (5)

Anything not classified above — press releases, blog posts, internal company materials.

1. [01]

   Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price

   1 ref
2. [02]

   Costco annual filings

   1 ref
3. [03]

   2018 Costco shareholder remarks

   1 ref
4. [04]

   Costco 2024 announcement

   1 ref
5. [05]

   HBR — The High Cost of Low Wages (2006)

   1 ref