Costco Vendors are also called Costco Suppliers. Costco Vendors are approved and accepted manufacturers, service providers or distributors who will supply Costco and its members with products or services. Costco is committed to providing opportunities to a supplier base as diverse as the communities they serve. Costco Vendors are required to meet specific requirements on several levels. No matter if your product is regional, national, international, foods or non-foods you as a Costco Vendor must follow the required guidelines, audits, review and codes of conduct.
Costco Wholesale‘s buying staff review offers from many companies, both large and small, foods and non-foods, as well as regional and national. All reviews take into consideration the size of your company, the brand value your product(s) or service(s) have, the reach, its demographic, taste, sturdiness, structure, aesthetics, pricing and so much more. Within Costco are departments, sub-departments, categories and sub-categories. It is suggested you consider speaking with a Costco Specialist or Costco Expert as you contemplate tossing your hat in as a Costco Vendor.
When organizations venture on their own to Costco Wholesale, the 3rd largest retailer in the nation, it is like a mouse heading into a lions cage and wanting to make a new friend. Consider your companies scope when compared to a $70 Billion a year company. Consider Costco’s buying strategies, the small details needlessly shared and potentially used against you. Also consider the length of time, over 25 years, Costco has been buying and selling. How does it compare to your experience? Can your in-house sales people or multi-retail manufacturer’s representative, product broker or product placement company do your organization and its product(s) or service(s) the due justice it deserves when presenting to such a retail conglomerate?
With nearly 4,000 SKU’s on the sales floor on any given day you can be assured Costco Vendor’s are very important to Costco Wholesale, its buyers and its members. Can you imagine what a week at Costco would be like if deliveries no showed or delivered damaged merchandise? It would mean that nearly 1.7 million shoppers who visit Costco on an average week would be disappointed when they saw a lot of out of stocked products. Needless to say a Costco Vendor takes on a big responsibility when it agrees to serve Costco Wholesale to their required specification and serve their 54 Million Members Membership base.
Consider the wide scope of products offers Whirlpool washers to diamond rings, Lucky 7 Jeans to Gatorade, Calloway Golf Clubs to Coach purses, Don Perignon to Huggies Diapers, Tag watches to Cannon Camera’s, Power Bar’s to garden hoses, the items are endless and attract business owners, homeowners, and families of all ages. The Costco member is interested in bulk, value, quality and a terrific return policy. Costco Vendor must be able to back their products with a terrific warranty in order to sell to Costco and its member.
Value
Excellent products
Name brands
Delivered on time
Orders fulfilled to spec
Return policy must be excellent
