Harlem Costco Struggles to Catch On

MYFOXNY.COM -- Cotsco opened its doors to much fanfare in East Harlem in November 2009, but business has not been as brisk as the company had hoped, according to a report.

The store laid off 160 of its 453 workers in January. Many of those were seasonal workers, but even Costco admits it had hoped to retain many of them as permanent employees.

Crain's New York reported that some of the problems include the store's location, on the very east end of 116th Street, is nowhere near a subway stop. Also, unlike at Costco locations in Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, parking isn't free. Furthermore, some analysts say that Manhattan residents just don't have the room in their apartments for big, bulky packages of supplies.

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