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FRONTend
from the publisher’s desk
Ginnie Roeglin
IF YOU ARE WONDERING what to give your family,
friends and employees this holiday season, look no
further. This issue is filled cover to cover with special
sections and gift suggestions for everyone on your list.
No visit to the warehouse is complete without browsing the book table for the latest bestsellers, cookbooks,
inspirational writings, health guides, how-to manuals or
kids’ books. We are very proud of our book-buying team,
led by head buyer Pennie Clark Ianniciello. You can read
more about our book buyers starting on page 26.
A special Arts and Entertainment section beginning
on page 31 features not only our latest books, but music,
DVDs and box sets, all of which are great holiday gifts. In remembrance of the late,
great actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, we will also be offering several box sets
of his most popular movies this holiday season.
Our Holiday Gift Guide, starting after page 52, showcases other great Costco items,
including jewelry, apparel, exercise equipment, musical instruments, i Tunes gift cards,
TVs, fresh meat, seafood, cheeses, housewares and more.
Last but not least is a special section for holiday gifts available on costco.com, starting after page 71. Costco.com carries an additional selection of merchandise, such as furniture, mattresses, floral bouquets, billiard tables, pianos, large TVs, gift baskets and
gourmet foods, GPS units, cameras, luggage and more, online for direct delivery to the
recipient’s home. We have recently added product reviews to costco.com and invite you
to read and write reviews about our online items. Be sure to enter your e-mail address
on our home page to receive special offers and news from Costco.
On your next visit to the warehouse, be sure to look for our seventh annual Costco
cookbook. In the Kitchen The Costco Way will be distributed as a free gift to Costco
members who shop in our warehouses on the weekend following Thanksgiving. Be sure
to stop in early while supplies last. This cookbook, as well as our prior The Costco Way
cookbooks, will be available for viewing on costco.com in case you don’t receive a copy.
All of us at Costco give thanks for your loyal membership and your business, and
we wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving! C
Ginnie Roeglin is Senior Vice
President, E-Commerce and
Publishing, and Publisher of
The Costco Connection.
from the editor’s desk
David W. Fuller
I HAVE USED THIS space in the past to discuss the
importance of not allowing fear to control one’s decisions, whether personal or business. With so much
fear rampant in the world at the moment, I’m not
going to add to the eloquent pleas heard from so
many quarters to avoid the pitfalls of panic.
Instead I want to put in a plea for vigilance.
David W. Fuller is Assistant That may not be a word that often finds its way into
Vice President, Publishing, and corporate mission statements or discussions of
Editor of The Costco Connection. personal finance at the kitchen table. But vigilance
is an all-important characteristic for anyone who
wants to avoid situations that result in panic.
Vigilance is about keeping your eye on the ball. It is about noticing the incremental
changes around you that may be accumulating into problems. Being vigilant requires
discipline. Perhaps that’s one reason it’s not the most common of characteristics.
But if you are vigilant you are in a better position to steer your course carefully
from day to day, year to year, instead of waking up one morning to find that the company down the street that you never paid attention to is now your biggest competitor.
Or that your child’s friends to whom you paid so little notice have driven him down
a reckless path.
Although you cannot lead a healthy life fearing negative outcomes at every turn,
you can focus on taking the daily steps you believe are the right ones for building the
future you desire. Only with vigilance and the considered action that can result from
it can such a future ever have a chance of being realized. C
