Jingjing Ma
Aug 28, 2019

China's first Costco closes shortly after opening

A victim of its own success, the 20,000-square-meter supermarket closed early after being overrun by eager—and in some cases overly eager—consumers.

View of Costco Wholesale's first China store in Shanghai's Minhang District (Shutterstock)

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