Costco Responds To Suspend Business Ahead Of Time, Announcing 28 Days Limit 2000 People.

August 28 noon, Costco issued a response to the official WeChat public address, which opened on the 27 th. The business was suspended ahead of time.

It is reported that in August 27th, The second largest retailer in the US Costco officially opened the first store in mainland China, which has aroused great enthusiasm among consumers in Shanghai. On the 27 day, due to excessive traffic, parking, card handling, checkout and other links appeared queuing for a long time. Costco closed early at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

Costco said in response to the safety of shopping, the opening day of the 27 day in advance to end the business, and deeply apologized. Costco has been committed to providing a safe and comfortable shopping experience for its members. It is decided that the number of shoppers in the store will be controlled within 2000 persons from August 28th (Wednesday). Local police will also help to ease traffic around the store. At the same time, Costco is also working hard to improve the internal passenger flow management system.

In the coming week, SMS and app will be used to inform consumers of the latest status of stores, so as to know whether the passenger flow of stores is close to saturation or needs a long time to wait.