Costco West Dimond Boulevard (Anchorage)
Costco warehouse on West Dimond Boulevard, Anchorage, Alaska, opened in 1984. A New York Times piece on Costco opens there.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche - The New York Times | Ben Ryder Howe | setting | The 1984 Anchorage warehouse that foreshadowed stockpiling shoppers. |
How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche - The New York Times — Ben Ryder Howe (2024)
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When it opened in 1984, the Costco on West Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage did not seem like the future of food.
- Role: setting
- In the article: The article opens at the shed-like 1984 warehouse, its parking lot full of 4x4s and mobile homes, with shoppers buying whole pigs. It presents the store as an early outpost of the stockpiling trend.
- Why it matters: It is the article’s opening scene and argument.