Settlement Unlikely for COSTCO

While there has been speculation that the Washington state AG's office may settle with COSTCO, one exec in the know says that there is little chance of that. Remember that the state settled once before with COSCTO in the 1980s on a retailer minimum markup case, although that case presented different circumstances.Washington wholesaler association exec Phil Wayt told BBD that in his recent conversations with the state, there is absolutely no indication that they would consider settling for the simple