Collector calls
There should be a saying: “If it exists, it is collectible.” Collecting must be one of the most basic human instincts. From the time we’re young (just empty out a child’s pockets after a walk) and throughout our lives we like to collect things.
As you’ll see in this month’s cover story, Costco members are no exception. And, with more than 15 million Connection readers, and a national average of six out of 10 people who consider themselves collectors, the number and variety of Costco collectors and collections are pretty amazing.
Because we couldn’t feature them all, here’s a list of what we discovered Costco members collect: advertising, art, ashtrays, banks, baseball cards, beer mugs, bells, belts, belt buckles, books, bookmarks, bottles, bottle caps, buttons, cameras, cans, cars, cats, circus artifacts, coffee mugs, coins, cookie jars, dolls, flamingos, flashlights, frogs, geckos, globes, guitars, heirlooms, honeypots, jam jars, jerseys, keychains, keys, lava lamps, license plates, lighters, magnets, manuscripts, masks, matchbooks, mousetraps, movies, mushrooms, Nativity scenes, nutcrackers, owls, padlocks, Pez dispensers, phonographs, photographs, Pillsbury Doughboys, pins, posters, pottery, rocks, roosters, salt and pepper shakers, Santas, sculptures, seashells, shotglasses, snails, stamps, stones, ticket stubs, toys, watches, whistles—whew!
Elsewhere in this month’s issue, you’ll find lots of collections of information: advice on all-season tires, how to prepare for your first electric vehicle, tips on determining what you might need for a home security system, great food ideas and recipes, and articles on best oral-care practices and steps you should take to prevent or treat shingles.
Finally, from our team here at the Connection to all of you who participated in this issue’s cover story, a collective “Thank you!”
Coming next month
PUBLISHER
Sandy Torrey storrey@costco.com
EDITORIAL DIRECTORS
U.S. T. Foster Jones 425-313-6748 tod.jones@costco.com
Canada/U.K.Stephanie E. Ponder 425-427-7134 sponder@costco.com
U.S. TEAM
Katie Coleman katie.coleman@costco.com
Will Fifield *wfifield@costco.com
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Christina Guerrero cguerrero2@costco.com
Dan Jones daniel.jones@costco.com
COPY EDITOR
Miriam Bulmer
Cindy Hutchinson
CONTRIBUTORS
Joanne Ellis, Steve Fisher, Peter Greenberg, Lara James, Scott Jones, Annie Makoff, Erik J. Martin, Robert Moyer, Chris Powell, Marc Saltzman, David Tamarkin
ART DIRECTOR
Lory Williams lwilliams@costco.com
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTORS
David Schneider, dschneider@costco.com
Brenda Shecter bshecter@costco.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Ken Broman, Steven Lait, Chris Rusnak
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
Antolin Matsuda amatsuda@costco.com
PRINT, PAPER AND PREPRESS MANAGER
MaryAnne Robbers mrobbers@costco.com
PRINT PRODUCTION SPECIALIST
Grace Clark graceclark@costco.com
PUBLISHING ADVERTISING MANAGER
Kathi Tipper-Holgersen 425-313-6581 ktipper@costco.com
ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER
Susan Detlor 425-313-6916 sdetlor@costco.com
ADVERTISING SPECIALISTS
Raven Stackhouse 425-416-1632 rlstackhouse@costco.com
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR
Aliw Moral 425-313-2558 mmoral@costco.com
ADVERTISING COPYWRITER
Bill Urlevich
ADVERTISING PRODUCTION SPECIALIST
Josh Livingston
ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Christina Muñoz
NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Colonno 973-664-7797
michael.colonno@mediapartnersgroupllc.net
BUSINESS MANAGER
Jane Johnson
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Rossie Cruz rcruz@costco.com
CIRCULATION COORDINATOR
Luke Okada
ONLINE PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Dorothy Strakele connection@costco.com
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