Company Name

Merchandise Concept

Costco Wholesale Corporation $($COST$)$ Membership warehouse

Walmart Inc. $($WMT$)$

Discount general merchandise

Nordstrom, Inc. $($JWN$)$

Fashion department store

For a recent year, the following cost of goods sold and beginning and ending inventories are provided from corporate annual reports $($in millions companies:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Costco,Walmart,Nordstrom$],[$Cost of goods sold,$$132,886,$$$385,301,$$$10,155$