Costco is planning to deploy scanners at store entrances as a way to curtail non-members’ use of membership cards, the company announced. The members-only warehouse began testing the scanning of ...

The family-favorite retailer is changing the way it verifies membership. Have you been using a friend’s Costco membership card to get two-liter jugs of olive oil, pallets of toilet paper, or ...

Membership has its privileges at Costco, and in a bid to keep it that way, the retail giant is piloting a new way to keep non-members out of its stores. Costco is testing card scanners at the ...

Costco is officially rolling out new membership scanners, meaning customers will have to scan their membership cards in order to enter the store. “Over the coming months, membership scanning devices ...

Costco is cracking down on non-members using membership cards to shop at its stores. The major wholesale retailer will soon require shoppers to scan their membership cards via scanning devices at the ...

Costco is completing its crackdown on membership cards, requiring customers to scan in upon entering the store, rather than as they check out. Having tested scanning tech at various locations starting ...

NEW YORK -- Bad news if you're mooching off of someone else's Costco membership: The retail giant is cracking down. When you enter Costco, you need to show your membership card to an employee to shop.

Costco is changing the way its members can enter its stores. There will be no more quick flashes of the card to show an awaiting employee. The retailer will be rolling out card scanners to check that ...

Retail giant Costco is using a new method for cracking down on non-members who shop at their stores. In most cases, in order to enter a Costco, you have to show your membership card to an employee.