How Costco Is Eating Sam's Club's Lunch

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Sat, 01/20/2018 - 2:42pm

For many years, Sam's Club has trailed warehouse club leader Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) in terms of sales and profitability. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has finally admitted that the status quo isn't viable, and the company recently decided to close about 10% of the domestic Sam's Club fleet.In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Vincent Shen welcomes senior Fool.com contributor Adam Levine-Weinberg to the show as they investigate why Sam's Club is pulling back in the U.S.

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