NY Observer > Costco Wholesale Corporation http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/29797/feed Articles from Observer.com en Are You Rich— Or Super-Rich? Baby, Take My Quiz! http://www.observer.com/node/36457 As close readers of The New York Times will attest, the paper of record has recently thrown itself h  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36457#comments Style Barry Diller Costco Wholesale Corporation Microsoft PowerPoint Travelocity.com LP Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Bruce Feirstein 36457 at http://www.observer.com Pols Hate Wal-Mart, But Consumers Don't http://www.observer.com/node/52156 New York’s politicians view Wal-Mart the way vets view a rabid dog.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52156#comments Politics Costco Wholesale Corporation Jason Furman Sam Waltons Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Niall Stanage 52156 at http://www.observer.com Pols Hate Wal-Mart, But Consumers Don’t http://www.observer.com/node/38764 New York’s politicians view Wal-Mart the way vets view a rabid dog.    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38764#comments Politics Costco Wholesale Corporation Jason Furman Kmart Corporation Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Niall Stanage 38764 at http://www.observer.com Diamonds: A Churl's Best Friend? http://www.observer.com/node/34366 Charlie Bagli writes today on the dispute between former Belgian diamond merchant Gary Barnett, now a real-estate developer, and the diamond merchants on the crowded strip of West 47th Street where Mr. Barnett wants to build a 30-story tower that would serve as a global diamond exchange.
He says the building could help reinvigorate the dowdy, low-scale block between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas, an important international diamond center that is under siege from low-cost producers, Internet sales, suburban diamond exchanges, Wal-Mart and Costco.

What's the problem?

They fear that Mr. Barnett's tower will steal all the best tenants and leave the rest of the 60-year-old district a "ghost town," if he is successful in lobbying the city for tax breaks and other incentives.

Incidentally, those subsidies would be an important part of the plan to get the building up.

- Tom McGeveran]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34366#comments Real Estate Charlie Bagli Costco Wholesale Corporation Gary Barnett Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:50:43 -0500 Observer Staff 34366 at http://www.observer.com Battle of the Bronx Looms For Mom-and-Pop Crusader http://www.observer.com/node/37925 The projects that Richard Lipsky has killed over the years stare down from his office walls like the  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37925#comments Real Estate Costco Wholesale Corporation Richard Lipsky The Bronx Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Matthew Schuerman 37925 at http://www.observer.com Staten Island’s Favorite Chain Stores http://www.observer.com/node/33927
Richard Lipsky at the Neighborhood Retail Alliance got a hold of a survey Wal-Mart did earlier this year of Staten Island voters. The results? Costco beats Sam’s Club, former BEEP Molinari trumps Bloomberg, and Wal-Mart will get further by advertising the 350 jobs a store would bring than by crowing about low prices.(PDF) -Matthew Schuerman
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33927#comments Real Estate Costco Wholesale Corporation Staten Island Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:07:00 -0400 Observer Staff 33927 at http://www.observer.com As Bubba the Clown Departs, the Hour of the Prig Descends http://www.observer.com/node/43296 1) An Epiphany in Jumbo's Clown RoomWho is that clown?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/43296#comments Media Al Gore Costco Wholesale Corporation Hollywood Los Angeles Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:00:00 -0400 Ron Rosenbaum 43296 at http://www.observer.com