As familiar as we are with big-box stores (where else can we buy a 72-pound wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano?), most of us don’t know the real reason they’ve earned the “big-box” moniker.

Narrator: Costco is one of the most popular big-box stores in the United States ... Sinegal and Jeff Brotman worked together to co-found Costco Wholesale, which they basically modeled after ...

Warehouse club chain BJ’s Wholesale Club is implementing online ... The penetration of mobile ordering has been especially slow for large, big-box retailers such as BJ’s and rival Walmart ...