Over 50 years, Meriton Group has grown to become Australiaâs largest and most successful residential developer, having built, sold and leased over 60,000 residential and serviced apartments across Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.ver 50 years, Meriton Group has grown to become Australiaâs largest and most successful residential developer, having built, sold and leased over 60,000 residential and serviced apartments across Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
3 Reasons Costco Has Membership Fees. Numerous critics say prices at Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST), the members-only, big box discount retailer, aren't competitive. Its membership fees â $55 per year for a basic card or $110 per year for a 2% cash back card â are also too high, they say. But Costco uses a subscription model of business for three reasons.
That's well above other big retailers like Target and Walmart, who fall more in the $10 to $13 range; staying a little higher should allow Costco to attract the kind of better-than-average employees it wants. But with its competitors raising their bottom wages as well, that was no longer enough.