courtesy of surf9 paddleboards are just one of hundreds of items reviewed by costco buyers cox gove all work for your play sporting goods buyers go to the mat for quality and value welcome to costco's annual sporting goods product review costco photo studio it's fills this month's consumer reporter slot with this behind- the-scenes look at email questions about this article to buying
[email protected] icture walking onto a field filled with hundreds of versions of a single item- different fabric or structural composition because you're not picking it for yourself be sold in hundreds of warehouses around the world and on costco's websites stretching out in front of you are a hundred each item multiplied by dozens of variations that you have to wade through and select the product drill-down buyers from all over the world--the united and korea-are here to make the final prod- of which won't be seen until a year later "invitations were sent to all suppliers in products and quotes," says chris champoux which gets narrowed down over the year to
