If you haven’t been to your local Costco lately, you may be in for a surprise right before you even enter your local ...

Costco is planning to deploy scanners at store entrances as a way to curtail non-members’ use of membership cards, the company announced. The members-only warehouse began testing the scanning of ...

Costco is completing its crackdown on membership cards, requiring customers to scan in upon entering the store, rather than as they check out. Having tested scanning tech at various locations starting ...

NEW YORK -- Bad news if you're mooching off of someone else's Costco membership: The retail giant is cracking down. When you enter Costco, you need to show your membership card to an employee to shop.

Next time you head to Costco, make sure you have your plastic or digital membership card – and a matching ID. The members-only warehouse retailer is really starting to crack down on non-members.