Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/20
By: Chen Cheng-wei and Christie Chen

Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) Costco Wholesale Taiwan announced Tuesday that it will open a branch in New Taipei’s Xinzhuang District Jan. 7.

The Xinzhuang branch will be the 13th Costco outlet in Taiwan since the big-box wholesale hypermarket operator made inroads into the country for the first time in 1997.

The new branch, which is five stories tall and has a floor area of 13,220 square meters, is located near Fu Jen University MRT station.

Wang Yu-mei (王友玫), vice general manager of Costco Taiwan’s marketing department, said the company hopes that the new branch will attract more young consumers, in addition to family consumers.   [FULL  STORY]