Better Buy: Costco Wholesale Corporation vs. Amazon.com

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is the second largest retailer in the country, while Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is easily the world's dominant e-commerce platform. These facts ensure that many consumers will be asking themselves some form of this question as they decide where to shop this holiday season: Amazon or Costco?

Investors face a similar choice in comparing the two successful businesses as stock buys. And, like the shopping match-up, there are pros and cons to each company.

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