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By Demitri Kalogeropoulos - Apr 12, 2013 at 1:56PM

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NASDAQ: AMZN

Amazon.com, Inc.

Market Cap

$1,095B

Today's Change

(0.25%) $5.44

Current Price

$2,151.82

Price as of May 20, 2022, 4:00 p.m. ET

These two retailers have seen skyrocketing merchandise sales over the past two years.

Amazon.com (AMZN 0.25%) and Costco (COST -1.54%) have each managed to boost annual merchandise sales by over $20 billion since 2010. Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos discusses how they achieved that impressive feat, and what lies ahead for these two dominating retailers.

Stocks Mentioned

Amazon.com, Inc.

AMZN

$2,151.82 (0.25%) $5.44

Costco Wholesale Corporation

COST

$416.43 (-1.54%) $-6.50

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