Costco's April sales up

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Costco Wholesale Corp. reported on Wednesday net sales of $15.21 billion for the month of April, an increase of 33.5% from $11.39 billion last year.

For the 35-week period ending May 2, the company reported net sales of $126.58 billion, an increase of 17.6% from $107.64 billion last year, the company said in a news release.

This year, the retail month of April had one more shopping day than last year, due to the calendar shift of Easter. This positively affected total and comparable sales by approximately 2.5%.