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PriceSmart, Inc
(NASDAQ:PSMT) 

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PriceSmart, Inc. owns and operates U.S. style membership shopping warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia. Its warehouse clubs sell brand name and private label consumer products and provide services, such as optical and tires to individuals and businesses. As of February 03,...

Founded: 1993
Full Time Employees: 9,500
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores

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      revenues:
                                                                                                  
      net merchandise sales
    1,450,698,000 1,466,530,000 1,353,796,000 1,302,709,000 1,289,997,000 1,334,555,000 1,223,859,000 1,192,658,000 1,194,531,000 1,260,916,000 1,135,014,000 1,088,981,000 1,070,263,000 1,115,999,000 1,025,463,000 989,867,000 999,011,000 1,011,896,000 944,043,000 871,191,000 857,478,000 898,404,000 838,369,000 772,940,000 768,368,000 871,726,000 778,728,000 768,906,000 755,009,000 820,290,000 747,443,000 741,307,000 750,473,000                                                              
      export sales
    637,000 359,000 127,000 640,000 990,000 3,987,000 9,618,000 9,332,000 11,586,000 8,511,000 10,009,000 8,054,000 6,347,000 6,882,000 10,458,000 12,613,000 13,396,000 8,674,000 10,534,000 10,720,000 10,213,000 9,706,000 10,881,000 9,345,000 8,321,000 8,434,000 8,274,000 7,667,000 8,281,000 6,844,000 8,189,000 13,329,000 9,967,000 9,138,000 8,147,000 8,863,000 6,475,000 8,172,000 10,734,000 11,941,000 7,091,000 6,549,000 8,232,000 9,153,000 9,465,000 6,229,000 8,431,000 12,217,000 6,577,000 6,764,000 5,721,000 7,439,000 6,224,000 6,323,000 3,073,000 6,844,000 2,768,000 3,459,000 2,249,000 3,661,000 1,890,000 1,872,000 1,409,000 1,678,000 868,000 1,006,000 587,000                            
      membership income
    25,709,000 24,459,000 23,420,000 22,602,000 21,857,000 20,915,000 20,199,000 19,674,000 19,279,000 18,538,000 17,749,000 17,242,000 16,735,000 16,176,000 15,895,000 15,585,000 15,440,000 15,071,000 14,791,000 14,603,000 14,329,000 13,799,000 13,299,000 13,137,000 13,525,000 14,093,000 13,746,000 13,432,000 13,132,000 12,845,000 12,740,000 12,891,000 12,852,000 12,703,000 12,375,000 12,162,000 12,038,000 11,833,000 11,710,000 11,555,000 11,475,000 11,285,000 11,466,000 11,471,000 11,189,000 10,898,000 10,115,000 9,762,000 9,552,000 9,481,000 9,268,000 9,047,000 8,774,000 8,326,000 7,673,000 7,289,000 6,944,000 6,393,000 6,331,000 5,992,000 5,824,000 5,576,000 5,425,000 5,210,000 5,056,000 4,827,000 4,649,000 4,635,000 4,518,000 4,518,000 4,325,000 4,231,000 4,094,000 3,975,000 3,742,000 3,636,000 3,559,000 3,421,000 3,241,000 3,097,000 2,961,000 2,817,000 2,645,000 1,891,000 2,647,000 2,524,000 2,362,000 2,232,000 2,167,000 2,113,000 2,113,000 2,126,000   
      other revenue and income
    4,749,000 4,180,000 5,386,000 5,024,000 4,445,000 4,429,000 4,268,000 4,381,000 4,032,000 3,985,000 3,703,000 3,916,000 3,309,000 3,132,000 2,990,000 3,305,000 2,963,000 2,916,000 5,988,000 13,092,000 13,244,000 15,660,000 14,883,000 15,159,000 9,717,000 12,482,000 11,193,000 11,295,000 12,134,000 14,446,000 11,265,000 10,339,000 8,909,000                                                              
      total revenues
    1,481,793,000 1,495,528,000 1,382,729,000 1,330,975,000 1,317,289,000 1,363,886,000 1,257,944,000 1,226,045,000 1,229,428,000 1,291,950,000 1,166,475,000 1,118,193,000 1,096,654,000 1,142,189,000 1,054,806,000 1,021,370,000 1,030,810,000 1,038,557,000 975,356,000 909,606,000 895,264,000 937,569,000 877,432,000 810,581,000 799,931,000 906,735,000 811,941,000 801,300,000 788,556,000 854,425,000 779,637,000 777,866,000 782,201,000 839,563,000 767,072,000 733,502,000 730,258,000 793,296,000 739,572,000 711,052,000 704,262,000 777,931,000 711,931,000 699,182,000 697,103,000 750,296,000 656,021,000 622,555,000 615,037,000 674,374,000 605,601,000 585,394,000 571,722,000 607,410,000 535,286,000 515,454,000 506,773,000 549,833,000 478,685,000 447,410,000 431,148,000 449,617,000 386,072,000 365,734,000 348,616,000 366,122,000 315,419,000 305,083,000 306,544,000 306,544,000 305,208,000 291,963,000 283,665,000 293,844,000 250,411,000 230,135,000 224,312,000 231,857,000 202,497,000 186,804,000 184,637,000 193,258,000 169,974,000 109,839,000 169,570,000 182,695,000 156,721,000 145,994,000 165,587,000 147,959,000 147,959,000 169,512,000 188,952,000 169,390,000 
      yoy
    12.49% 9.65% 9.92% 8.56% 7.15% 5.57% 7.84% 9.65% 12.11% 13.11% 10.59% 9.48% 6.39% 9.98% 8.15% 12.29% 15.14% 10.77% 11.16% 12.22% 11.92% 3.40% 8.07% 1.16% 1.44% 6.12% 4.14% 3.01% 0.81% 1.77% 1.64% 6.05% 7.11% 5.83% 3.72% 3.16% 3.69% 1.98% 3.88% 1.70% 1.03% 3.68% 8.52% 12.31% 13.34% 11.26% 8.33% 6.35% 7.58% 11.02% 13.14% 13.57% 12.82% 10.47% 11.82% 15.21% 17.54% 22.29% 23.99% 22.33% 23.67% 22.81% 22.40% 19.88% 13.72% 19.44% 3.35% 4.49% 8.07% 4.32% 21.88% 26.87% 26.46% 26.74% 23.66% 23.20% 21.49% 19.97% 19.13% 70.07% 8.89% 5.78% 8.46% -24.76% 2.41% 23.48% 5.92% -13.87% -12.37% -12.65%     
      qoq
    -0.92% 8.16% 3.89% 1.04% -3.42% 8.42% 2.60% -0.28% -4.84% 10.76% 4.32% 1.96% -3.99% 8.28% 3.27% -0.92% -0.75% 6.48% 7.23% 1.60% -4.51% 6.85% 8.25% 1.33% -11.78% 11.67% 1.33% 1.62% -7.71% 9.59% 0.23% -0.55% -6.83% 9.45% 4.58% 0.44% -7.95% 7.26% 4.01% 0.96% -9.47% 9.27% 1.82% 0.30% -7.09% 14.37% 5.38% 1.22% -8.80% 11.36% 3.45% 2.39% -5.88% 13.47% 3.85% 1.71% -7.83% 14.86% 6.99% 3.77% -4.11% 16.46% 5.56% 4.91% -4.78% 16.07% 3.39% -0.48% 0.00% 0.44% 4.54% 2.93% -3.46% 17.34% 8.81% 2.60% -3.25% 14.50% 8.40% 1.17% -4.46% 13.70% 54.75% -35.22% -7.18% 16.57% 7.35% -11.83% 11.91% 0.00% -12.71% -10.29% 11.55%  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                                  
      cost of goods sold:
                                                                                                  
      selling, general and administrative:
                                                                                                  
      warehouse club and other operations
    144,302,000 139,464,000 131,815,000 130,577,000 125,745,000 124,232,000 117,855,000 119,665,000 119,053,000 117,774,000 109,965,000 110,578,000 106,172,000 103,630,000 96,892,000 96,891,000 96,081,000 93,993,000 91,196,000 94,618,000 89,322,000 90,449,000 84,832,000 81,352,000 78,431,000 84,022,000 79,373,000 79,662,000 78,231,000 75,708,000 74,222,000 73,776,000 76,259,000                                                              
      general and administrative
    51,405,000 49,742,000 49,308,000 47,190,000 47,070,000 43,034,000 42,565,000 41,703,000 40,434,000 38,809,000 35,439,000 34,509,000 34,343,000 32,759,000 33,172,000 36,654,000 30,887,000 33,951,000 31,693,000 33,400,000 33,225,000 31,270,000 27,521,000 28,866,000 24,408,000 27,618,000 25,884,000 24,597,000 24,532,000 24,968,000 27,335,000 25,294,000 24,079,000 20,258,000 18,830,000 18,092,000 16,907,000 18,212,000 16,802,000 16,258,000 16,439,000 16,184,000 15,463,000 14,690,000 14,214,000 14,117,000 13,350,000 12,879,000 12,604,000 13,277,000 11,184,000 12,334,000 11,404,000 11,888,000 11,158,000 10,462,000 10,940,000 10,508,000 9,111,000 9,459,000 9,293,000 8,874,000 8,810,000 8,332,000 8,752,000 8,667,000 7,568,000 7,541,000 7,989,000 7,989,000 7,544,000 7,702,000 7,455,000 7,870,000 7,316,000 7,225,000 7,024,000 6,877,000 5,968,000 6,388,000 6,312,000 5,963,000 5,726,000 4,761,000 6,162,000 6,295,000 5,092,000 5,490,000 5,854,000 5,166,000 5,166,000 5,281,000 4,796,000 4,388,000 
      pre-opening expenses
    579,000 45,000 2,000 510,000 302,000 293,000 22,000  26,000 457,000 487,000 848,000 495,000 89,000  65,000 306,000 130,000 970,000 198,000 1,000 48,000 602,000 291,000 257,000 44,000 953,000 967,000 1,647,000 97,000 15,000 50,000 352,000 81,000 430,000 148,000 9,000  -113,000 802,000 13,000 71,000 305,000 326,000 33,000 229,000 3,149,000 1,392,000 1,125,000 340,000 474,000 116,000 525,000 147,000 737,000 362,000 94,000  162,000 736,000 284,000  403,000 -3,000 840,000 175,000 111,000                            
      loss on disposal of assets
    292,000 402,000 333,000 888,000 305,000 922,000 352,000 1,296,000 350,000 429,000 93,000 449,000 -2,000 139,000 158,000 384,000 157,000 313,000 411,000 459,000 366,000 132,000 70,000 192,000 112,000 68,000 71,000 344,000 262,000 258,000 215,000 752,000 388,000 40,000 159,000 855,000 364,000 335,000 407,000 763,000 334,000 52,000 13,000 918,000 724,000 391,000 -28,000 699,000 558,000 104,000 84,000                                            
      total operating expenses
    1,416,152,000 1,420,108,000 1,319,802,000 1,278,225,000 1,261,059,000 1,298,616,000 1,199,684,000 1,176,841,000 1,179,519,000 1,228,332,000 1,108,262,000 1,086,056,000 1,053,602,000 1,088,389,000 999,279,000 982,405,000 997,048,000 990,235,000 929,339,000 877,145,000 859,215,000 892,590,000 832,901,000 781,603,000 775,964,000 867,926,000 781,227,000 769,336,000 766,559,000 817,889,000 754,967,000 750,673,000 753,772,000 802,299,000 733,906,000 702,680,000 702,632,000 753,894,000 701,193,000 678,249,000 676,773,000 738,795,000 674,636,000 664,327,000 663,585,000 708,588,000 619,736,000 588,785,000 583,834,000 634,999,000 573,242,000 552,418,000 542,984,000 570,959,000 505,516,000 487,534,000 481,365,000 519,496,000 454,424,000 428,699,000 408,735,000 422,429,000 363,503,000 345,589,000 330,540,000 345,685,000 299,184,000 293,217,000 293,304,000 293,304,000 290,298,000 279,081,000 269,025,000 283,162,000 240,194,000 228,023,000 215,279,000 222,248,000 195,274,000 133,521,750 180,065,000 187,134,000 166,888,000 128,862,750 178,622,000 181,892,000 154,937,000 152,160,000 167,055,000 152,109,000 152,109,000    
      operating income
    65,641,000 75,420,000 62,927,000 52,750,000 56,230,000 65,270,000 58,260,000 49,204,000 49,909,000 63,618,000 58,213,000 32,137,000 43,052,000 53,800,000 55,527,000 38,965,000 33,762,000 48,322,000 46,017,000 32,461,000 36,049,000 44,979,000 44,531,000 28,978,000 23,967,000 38,809,000 30,714,000 31,964,000 21,997,000 36,536,000 24,670,000 27,193,000 28,429,000 37,264,000 33,166,000 30,822,000 27,626,000 39,402,000 38,379,000 32,803,000 27,489,000 39,136,000 37,295,000 34,855,000 33,518,000 41,708,000 36,285,000 33,770,000 31,203,000 39,375,000 32,359,000 32,976,000 28,738,000 36,451,000 29,770,000 27,920,000 25,408,000 30,337,000 24,261,000 18,711,000 22,413,000 27,188,000 22,569,000 20,145,000 18,076,000 20,437,000 16,235,000 11,866,000 13,240,000 13,240,000 14,910,000 12,882,000 14,640,000 10,682,000 10,217,000 2,112,000 9,033,000 9,609,000 7,223,000 4,348,000 4,572,000 6,124,000 3,086,000 1,154,000 -9,052,000 803,000 1,784,000 -6,166,000 -1,468,000 -4,150,000 -4,150,000 -7,327,000 4,939,000 5,013,000 
      yoy
    16.74% 15.55% 8.01% 7.21% 12.67% 2.60% 0.08% 53.11% 15.93% 18.25% 4.84% -17.52% 27.52% 11.34% 20.67% 20.04% -6.34% 7.43% 3.34% 12.02% 50.41% 15.90% 44.99% -9.34% 8.96% 6.22% 24.50% 17.54% -22.62% -1.95% -25.62% -11.77% 2.91% -5.43% -13.58% -6.04% 0.50% 0.68% 2.91% -5.89% -17.99% -6.17% 2.78% 3.21% 7.42% 5.93% 12.13% 2.41% 8.58% 8.02% 8.70% 18.11% 13.11% 20.15% 22.71% 49.22% 13.36% 11.58% 7.50% -7.12% 23.99% 33.03% 39.01% 69.77% 36.53% 54.36% 8.89% -7.89% -9.56% 23.95% 45.93% 509.94% 62.07% 11.17% 41.45% -51.43% 97.57% 56.91% 134.06% 276.78% -150.51% 662.64% 72.98% -118.72% 516.62% -119.35% -142.99% -15.85% -129.72% -182.78%     
      qoq
    -12.97% 19.85% 19.29% -6.19% -13.85% 12.03% 18.41% -1.41% -21.55% 9.28% 81.14% -25.35% -19.98% -3.11% 42.50% 15.41% -30.13% 5.01% 41.76% -9.95% -19.85% 1.01% 53.67% 20.91% -38.24% 26.36% -3.91% 45.31% -39.79% 48.10% -9.28% -4.35% -23.71% 12.36% 7.60% 11.57% -29.89% 2.67% 17.00% 19.33% -29.76% 4.94% 7.00% 3.99% -19.64% 14.95% 7.45% 8.23% -20.75% 21.68% -1.87% 14.75% -21.16% 22.44% 6.63% 9.89% -16.25% 25.04% 29.66% -16.52% -17.56% 20.47% 12.03% 11.45% -11.55% 25.88% 36.82% -10.38% 0.00% -11.20% 15.74% -12.01% 37.05% 4.55% 383.76% -76.62% -5.99% 33.03% 66.12% -4.90% -25.34% 98.44% 167.42% -112.75% -1227.27% -54.99% -128.93% 320.03% -64.63% 0.00% -43.36% -248.35% -1.48%  
      operating margin %
    4.43% 5.04% 4.55% 3.96% 4.27% 4.79% 4.63% 4.01% 4.06% 4.92% 4.99% 2.87% 3.93% 4.71% 5.26% 3.81% 3.28% 4.65% 4.72% 3.57% 4.03% 4.80% 5.08% 3.57% 3.00% 4.28% 3.78% 3.99% 2.79% 4.28% 3.16% 3.50% 3.63% 4.44% 4.32% 4.20% 3.78% 4.97% 5.19% 4.61% 3.90% 5.03% 5.24% 4.99% 4.81% 5.56% 5.53% 5.42% 5.07% 5.84% 5.34% 5.63% 5.03% 6.00% 5.56% 5.42% 5.01% 5.52% 5.07% 4.18% 5.20% 6.05% 5.85% 5.51% 5.19% 5.58% 5.15% 3.89% 4.32% 4.32% 4.89% 4.41% 5.16% 3.64% 4.08% 0.92% 4.03% 4.14% 3.57% 2.33% 2.48% 3.17% 1.82% 1.05% -5.34% 0.44% 1.14% -4.22% -0.89% -2.80% -2.80% -4.32% 2.61% 2.96% 
      other income:
                                                                                                  
      interest income
    3,259,000 3,632,000 2,949,000 2,698,000 2,486,000 2,735,000 2,220,000 2,437,000 2,521,000 3,225,000 2,866,000 3,611,000 3,161,000 1,942,000 1,157,000 661,000 473,000 549,000 518,000 525,000 518,000 445,000 491,000 598,000 554,000 586,000 293,000 365,000 310,000 423,000 391,000 277,000 370,000 368,000 400,000 366,000 392,000 549,000 502,000 527,000 322,000 280,000 178,000 245,000 283,000 266,000 264,000 277,000 202,000 193,000 181,000 257,000 338,000 446,000 294,000 240,000 279,000 205,000 184,000 185,000 300,000 239,000 129,000 93,000 122,000 122,000 215,000 140,000 76,000 76,000 126,000 180,000 254,000 364,000 410,000 390,000 395,000 479,000 364,000 611,000 624,000 412,000 312,000 -12,000 474,000 696,000 596,000 581,000 632,000 636,000 636,000 791,000 739,000 705,000 
      interest expense
    -3,850,000 -3,959,000 -4,420,000 -3,520,000 -2,762,000 -2,538,000 -2,695,000 -3,271,000 -3,579,000 -3,293,000 -2,816,000 -2,710,000 -2,747,000 -2,814,000 -2,749,000 -2,787,000 -2,796,000 -2,438,000 -1,590,000 -1,353,000 -1,596,000 -2,228,000 -2,033,000 -2,509,000 -2,564,000 -1,690,000 -862,000 -990,000 -915,000 -1,001,000 -1,033,000 -1,462,000 -1,362,000 -992,000 -1,255,000 -1,651,000 -1,828,000 -1,644,000 -1,654,000 -1,411,000 -1,571,000 -1,536,000 -1,373,000 -1,681,000 -1,615,000 -1,970,000 -1,174,000 -1,328,000 -1,043,000 -886,000 -1,038,000 -1,265,000 -427,000 -1,306,000 -1,218,000 -1,368,000 -1,344,000  -1,254,000 -753,000   -956,000 -864,000 -595,000 -634,000 -630,000 175,000 -685,000 -685,000 -581,000 -495,000 -437,000 -470,000 -59,000 -214,000 -129,000 -90,000 -355,000 -933,000 -708,000 -829,000 -721,000 1,026,000 -1,313,000 -2,172,000 -2,926,000 -2,557,000 -2,705,000 -2,696,000 -2,696,000 -2,919,000 -2,506,000 -2,511,000 
      other expense
    -9,913,000 -8,405,000 -5,761,000 -5,586,000 -6,888,000 -5,306,000 -6,856,000 -6,563,000 -1,882,000 -7,036,000 -2,126,000 -2,361,000 -1,885,000   -1,402,000 -2,423,000   -1,471,000 -2,295,000  -1,545,000    -985,000                                       -10,000     -20,000         -105,000 -71,000 1,000 24,000 -567,000 -185,000 -123,000 -119,000        
      total other expense
    -10,504,000 -8,732,000 -7,232,000 -6,408,000 -7,164,000 -5,109,000 -7,331,000 -7,397,000 -2,940,000 -7,104,000 -2,076,000 -1,460,000 -1,471,000 -6,216,000  -3,528,000 -4,746,000 -2,708,000  -2,299,000 -3,373,000 -2,075,000 -3,087,000 -919,000 -3,574,000 -381,000                     -3,542,000 -219,750 -352,000 19,000 -546,000 -819,250 -1,123,000 -1,172,000 -982,000 -1,055,500 -1,603,000  -2,339,000    -873,000 -1,007,000 -713,000 -522,000 -411,000             -239,000 -155,000 -416,000 -385,000 -1,268,000 -1,024,000 -1,599,000 -2,449,000  -1,954,000  -2,043,000 -2,191,000 -2,529,000 -2,584,000 
      income before provision for income taxes and income of unconsolidated affiliates
    55,137,000   46,342,000 49,066,000 60,161,000 50,929,000 41,807,000 46,969,000 56,514,000                  31,764,000 21,551,000 35,586,000 22,209,000 26,287,000 26,862,000 36,850,000 32,589,000 29,931,000 27,291,000 39,222,000 36,299,000 32,038,000 26,018,000 37,328,000 35,856,000 25,740,750 31,875,000 38,345,000 32,743,000 25,514,500 30,851,000 39,394,000 31,813,000                                            
      provision for income taxes
    -15,446,000 -17,597,000 -15,529,000 -14,820,000 -13,917,000 -16,384,000 -13,496,000 -12,723,000 -14,483,000 -17,259,000 -18,153,000 -15,304,000 -12,019,000 -16,202,000 -16,426,000 -12,129,000 -9,776,000 -14,139,000 -15,814,000 -10,704,000 -10,082,000 -14,565,000 -13,618,000 -7,915,000 -7,744,000 -12,702,000 -9,403,000 -10,839,000 -7,478,000 -11,703,000 -7,540,000 -7,227,000 -8,128,000 -22,707,000 -10,115,000 -10,133,000 -8,459,000 -11,989,000 -11,437,000 -9,736,000 -9,168,000 -11,815,000 -12,130,000 -11,188,000 -10,750,000 -13,526,000 -12,102,000 -10,337,000 -9,534,000 -11,116,000 -10,385,000 -10,688,000 -9,082,000 -10,393,000 -8,779,000 -9,199,000 -8,078,000  -7,933,000 -5,523,250   -6,845,000 -5,886,000 -5,309,000 -6,190,000 -5,401,000 -1,372,000 -3,960,000  -3,647,000 -838,000 -3,675,000 -890,000 -3,715,000 -2,326,000 -3,819,000 -3,219,000 -2,973,000 -3,426,000 -1,192,000 -2,152,000 -1,342,000 -5,099,000 -3,020,000 -316,000  991,000 241,000  -52,000 -2,106,000 793,000 836,000 
      income of unconsolidated affiliates
       19,000 9,000 -17,000 -5,000 -16,000 3,000 16,000 63,000 -15,750 10,000               -13,000  -20,000 -24,000 750 -18,000 5,000 16,000  6,000 -14,000 7,000 -30,000 -13,000 429,000 -54,000 2,000 70,000 16,000 6,000 2,000 3,000  4,000 -2,000 6,000 -4,000 -4,000 -6,000 -19,000 3,000                                     
      net income
    39,691,000 49,091,000 40,166,000 31,541,000 35,158,000 43,760,000 37,428,000 29,068,000 32,489,000 39,271,000 38,047,000 15,381,000 29,572,000 31,347,000 32,905,000 23,304,000 19,258,000 31,461,000 30,530,000 19,434,000 22,581,000 28,327,000 27,817,000 20,128,000 12,633,000 25,711,000 19,709,000 20,912,000 14,069,000 23,863,000 14,645,000 19,049,000 18,716,000 14,148,000 22,490,000 19,798,000 18,838,000 27,219,000 24,869,000 22,272,000 16,837,000 25,942,000 23,672,000 22,447,000 21,195,000 24,835,000 20,647,000 21,856,000 21,320,000 28,278,000 21,432,000 20,839,000 18,539,000 24,882,000 20,005,000 12,478,750 15,706,000 20,220,000 13,989,000   17,917,000 14,853,000 13,217,000 12,044,000 13,757,000 10,430,000 10,250,000 8,683,000 8,683,000 10,698,000 -26,814,998.68 10,601,000 9,516,000 6,694,000 -2,921,000 5,231,000 6,544,000 4,072,000 3,385,000 3,228,000 3,240,000 2,005,000 -24,127,000 -13,145,000 -3,188,000 -1,876,000 -6,622,000 -3,663,000 -6,141,000 -6,141,000 -7,412,000 1,617,000 1,593,000 
      yoy
    12.89% 12.18% 7.32% 8.51% 8.22% 11.43% -1.63% 88.99% 9.86% 25.28% 15.63% -34.00% 53.56% -0.36% 7.78% 19.91% -14.72% 11.06% 9.75% -3.45% 78.75% 10.17% 41.14% -3.75% -10.21% 7.74% 34.58% 9.78% -24.83% 68.67% -34.88% -3.78% -0.65% -48.02% -9.57% -11.11% 11.88% 4.92% 5.06% -0.78% -20.56% 4.46% 14.65% 2.70% -0.59% -12.18% -3.66% 4.88% 15.00% 13.65% 7.13% 67.00% 18.04% 23.06% 43.01%   12.85% -5.82%   30.24% 42.41% 28.95% 38.71% 58.44% -2.51% -138.22% -18.09% -8.75% 59.81% 818.01% 102.66% 45.42% 64.39% -186.29% 62.05% 101.98% 103.09% -114.03% -124.56% -201.63% -206.88% 264.35% 258.86% -48.09% -69.45% -10.66% -326.53% -485.50%     
      qoq
    -19.15% 22.22% 27.35% -10.29% -19.66% 16.92% 28.76% -10.53% -17.27% 3.22% 147.36% -47.99% -5.66% -4.73% 41.20% 21.01% -38.79% 3.05% 57.10% -13.94% -20.28% 1.83% 38.20% 59.33% -50.87% 30.45% -5.75% 48.64% -41.04% 62.94% -23.12% 1.78% 32.29% -37.09% 13.60% 5.10% -30.79% 9.45% 11.66% 32.28% -35.10% 9.59% 5.46% 5.91% -14.66% 20.28% -5.53% 2.51% -24.61% 31.94% 2.85% 12.41% -25.49% 24.38% 60.31% -20.55% -22.32% 44.54%    20.63% 12.38% 9.74% -12.45% 31.90% 1.76% 18.05% 0.00% -18.84% -139.90% -352.95% 11.40% 42.16% -329.17% -155.84% -20.06% 60.71% 20.30% 4.86% -0.37% 61.60% -108.31% 83.55% 312.33% 69.94% -71.67% 80.78% -40.35% 0.00% -17.15% -558.38% 1.51%  
      net income margin %
    2.68% 3.28% 2.90% 2.37% 2.67% 3.21% 2.98% 2.37% 2.64% 3.04% 3.26% 1.38% 2.70% 2.74% 3.12% 2.28% 1.87% 3.03% 3.13% 2.14% 2.52% 3.02% 3.17% 2.48% 1.58% 2.84% 2.43% 2.61% 1.78% 2.79% 1.88% 2.45% 2.39% 1.69% 2.93% 2.70% 2.58% 3.43% 3.36% 3.13% 2.39% 3.33% 3.33% 3.21% 3.04% 3.31% 3.15% 3.51% 3.47% 4.19% 3.54% 3.56% 3.24% 4.10% 3.74% 2.42% 3.10% 3.68% 2.92% 0% 0% 3.98% 3.85% 3.61% 3.45% 3.76% 3.31% 3.36% 2.83% 2.83% 3.51% -9.18% 3.74% 3.24% 2.67% -1.27% 2.33% 2.82% 2.01% 1.81% 1.75% 1.68% 1.18% -21.97% -7.75% -1.74% -1.20% -4.54% -2.21% -4.15% -4.15% -4.37% 0.86% 0.94% 
      net income per share
                                                                                                  
      basic
    1.28 1.62 1.29 1.02 1.14 1.45 1.21 0.905 1.08 1.31 1.24                                                                                    
      diluted
    1.28 1.62 1.29 1.02 1.14 1.45 1.21 0.905 1.08 1.31 1.24                                                                                    
      shares used in per share computations:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    30,241 30,226 30,173 30,070 30,063 30,019 -20 29,968 29,920 30,269 11 30,800 30,741 30,713 30,615 30,578 30,551 30,414 30,376 30,398 -9 30,271 30,255 30,277 30,198 30,206 30,172 10 30,137 30,100 30,078 10 30,043 30,004 29,982 10 29,951 29,914 29,890 14 29,883 29,827 29,791 14 29,784 29,724 29,690 13 29,683 29,626 29,592 11 29,584 29,541 29,503 19 29,493 29,414 29,356 33 29,336 29,222 29,105 30 29,010 29,010 28,860 12 28,914 28,848 28,781 49 28,549 28,477 28,429 362 28,373 26,821 25,698 4,602.25 24,850 20,014 10,311 7,362 7,362 7,079 7,079   6,846 
      diluted
    30,270 30,245 30,180 30,078 30,068 30,020 -20 29,968 29,920 30,269 16 30,829 30,760 30,719 12 30,629 30,582 30,603 -20 30,446 30,404 30,420 -14 30,275 30,258 30,284 -7 30,205 30,211 30,189 10 30,137 30,100 30,079 30,045 30,008 29,987 10 29,955 29,919 29,896 14 29,888 29,833 29,799 14 29,792 29,736 29,702 37 29,692 29,636 29,604 11 29,595 29,553 29,517 20 29,502 29,423 29,362 26 29,345 29,250 29,163 17 29,202 29,202 29,111 -106 29,224 29,233 29,494 37 29,250 29,224 29,105 323 29,067 27,139 26,005 4,602.25 24,850 20,014 10,311 7,362 7,362      
      income before provision for income taxes and loss of unconsolidated affiliates
     66,688,000 55,695,000        56,137,000 30,677,000 41,581,000 47,584,000  30,246,000 29,016,000          29,160,000                                                                    
      loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                 -35,000 -38,000   -14,000 -10,000 -24,000 -13,000 -12,000 -9,000 -16,000 -16,000 -15,000 -48,000                                7,000 -11,250   -5,000 -11,000 -6,000 -3,000 -2,000 -5,000 -8,000 -8,000 -5,000                        
      separation costs associated with chief executive officer departure
                 7,747,000                                                                                 
      non-merchandise
                      1,809,000 5,489,000 5,755,000 6,268,000 5,824,000 5,744,000 3,503,000 4,662,000 4,251,000 4,308,000 4,121,000 4,826,000 4,247,000 5,690,000 1,979,000                                                              
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                      -19,000   -91,000    -111,000      5,500 22,000                                                              
      net income attributable to pricesmart, inc.
               15,381,000 29,572,000 31,347,000 32,905,000 23,304,000 19,258,000 31,461,000 30,511,000 19,461,000 22,529,000 28,236,000 27,737,000 20,076,000 12,705,000 25,600,000 19,728,000 20,673,000 14,096,000 23,810,000 14,612,000 18,996,000 18,694,000                                                              
      net income attributable to pricesmart, inc. per share available for distribution:
                                                                                                  
      basic
               0.49 0.95 1.02 1.05 0.75 0.62 1.03 0.98 0.63 0.73 0.92 0.9 0.65 0.41 0.85 0.64 0.67 0.46 0.79 0.48 0.62 0.61                                                              
      diluted
               0.49 0.94 1.02 1.05 0.75 0.62 1.03 0.98 0.63 0.73 0.92 0.9 0.65 0.41 0.85 0.64 0.67 0.46 0.79 0.48 0.62 0.61                                                              
      other income
                 -5,344,000 -4,566,000   -819,000 1,409,000   -292,000  992,000 -1,564,000 723,000  425,000 159,000 -372,000 -1,819,000 279,000 -575,000 1,149,000 1,149,000 1,466,000 1,046,000 1,018,000 1,049,000 1,181,000 1,149,000 1,110,000 1,402,000 1,275,000 1,135,000 1,049,000 1,060,000 1,008,000 1,023,000 962,000 918,000 911,000 909,000 906,000 941,000 2,318,000 2,163,000 2,165,000 1,776,000 1,742,000 1,797,000 1,906,000 1,907,000 1,805,000 1,477,000 1,396,000 1,530,000 1,546,000 1,417,000 1,417,000 1,529,000 1,198,000 1,207,000 1,313,000 1,113,000 1,174,000 1,048,000 1,543,000 1,061,000 944,000 886,000 868,000 816,000 313,000 998,000 1,571,000 1,100,000 -25,000 1,648,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,315,000 2,481,000 10,000 
      total other income
                  -6,158,000    337,000        -1,554,000 -200,000 -446,000 -950,000 -2,461,000 -906,000 -1,567,000 -414,000 -577,000 -891,000 -335,000 -180,000 -2,080,000 -765,000 -1,471,000 -1,808,000 -1,439,000 -1,222,000 -1,643,000 -3,363,000              -202,500 1,154,000       -188,000 -583,000 -583,000 -475,000 -452,000 -314,000 -143,000 304,000 -19,000 166,000 353,000 23,000         535,000  -2,043,000     
      income before provision for income taxes and ‎loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                  49,369,000   45,614,000 46,354,000 30,162,000 32,676,000 42,904,000 41,444,000 28,059,000 20,393,000 38,428,000                                                                     
      gain of unconsolidated affiliates
                   -1,500 18,000                                                                              
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                       -55,750 -52,000  -80,000 -5,000 72,000  19,000 -239,000 27,000 -53,000                                                                 
      dividends per share
                             0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7     0.6   0.6    0.6    0.5        0.32  0.08  0.32                 
      asset impairment
                                     1,929,000                                                             
      less: (net income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                  -33,000                                                                
      net warehouse club sales
                                     816,573,000 745,401,000 711,011,000 710,699,000 772,273,000 716,079,000 686,375,000 684,547,000 758,987,000 690,831,000 677,283,000 675,314,000 732,120,000 636,415,000 599,568,000 597,885,000 657,167,000 589,694,000 567,997,000 555,815,000 591,855,000 523,599,000 499,003,000 494,898,000 537,816,000 468,329,000 436,015,000 421,637,000 440,263,000 377,331,000 357,041,000 341,215,000 358,893,000 308,653,000 298,002,000 299,571,000 299,571,000                         
      net warehouse club
                                     699,355,000 637,236,000 607,399,000 611,455,000 659,802,000 608,490,000 585,183,000 590,500,000 651,500,000 590,183,000 577,302,000 578,868,000 625,876,000 539,028,000 508,310,000 509,684,000 561,652,000 504,287,000 482,236,000 475,727,000 504,725,000 444,944,000 422,825,000 421,512,000 459,313,000 400,481,000 371,411,000 358,535,000 374,573,000 317,813,000 301,501,000 288,289,000 304,867,000 261,717,000 254,282,000 255,854,000 255,854,000 298,518,000 286,128,000 277,979,000 288,216,000 245,189,000 224,765,000 219,515,000 226,722,000 198,100,000 182,720,000 180,781,000 189,562,000 166,513,000            
      export
                                     8,685,000 7,749,000 8,521,000 6,143,000 7,761,000 10,181,000 11,461,000 6,742,000 6,225,000 7,832,000 8,812,000 8,992,000 5,934,000 8,027,000 11,621,000 6,246,000 6,423,000 5,441,000 7,068,000 5,907,000 5,986,000 2,835,000 6,574,000 2,622,000 3,292,000 2,161,000 3,466,000 1,804,000 1,758,000 1,344,000 1,576,000 825,000 935,000 554,000 705,000 1,038,000 1,038,000 836,000 406,000 385,000 340,000 367,000 560,000 190,000 171,000 95,000 43,000 9,000 11,000  31,000 23,000 138,000 233,000 169,000 304,000 505,000 505,000 2,292,000 1,086,000 2,576,000 
      warehouse club operations
                                     71,951,000 69,502,000 67,665,000 67,754,000 67,784,000 65,426,000 63,782,000 62,745,000 64,763,000 60,840,000 62,279,000 60,754,000 62,041,000 56,210,000 53,884,000 53,617,000 53,203,000 51,772,000 50,664,000 49,421,000 48,213,000 45,842,000 47,311,000 46,197,000 46,384,000 42,509,000 43,627,000 38,819,000 37,239,000 35,133,000 34,165,000 31,834,000 31,041,000 29,234,000 30,932,000 28,197,000 28,197,000 27,280,000 28,138,000 26,495,000 26,024,000 23,227,000 23,735,000 22,252,000 21,749,000 20,293,000 21,228,000 20,068,000 18,924,000 18,254,000            
      net income per share
                                                                                                  
      basic net income per share
                                     0.47 0.74 0.64 0.62 0.9 0.82 0.73 0.55 0.85 0.78 0.75 0.7 0.82 0.68 0.72 0.7 0.93 0.71 0.69 0.61 0.82 0.66 0.58 0.52 0.67 0.47 0.42 0.55 0.6 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.46 0.35                            
      diluted net income per share
                                     0.47 0.74 0.64 0.62 0.9 0.82 0.73 0.55 0.85 0.78 0.75 0.7 0.82 0.68 0.73 0.7 0.93 0.71 0.69 0.61 0.82 0.66 0.58 0.52 0.67 0.47 0.42 0.55 0.6 0.5 0.44 0.4 0.46 0.35                            
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and income of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                       22,920,500 27,615,000 35,279,000 28,788,000                                        
      income from continuing operations
                                                       20,839,000 18,539,000 24,882,000 20,005,000 17,725,000 15,708,000 20,217,000 13,996,000 12,615,000 16,365,000 18,010,000 14,846,000 13,241,000 12,048,000 13,722,000 10,421,000 10,251,000 8,628,000 8,628,000 10,717,000 11,466,000 10,575,000 9,489,000 6,676,000 -2,993,000 5,206,000 6,516,000 4,054,000 361,000 3,125,000 3,347,000 1,351,000            
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                           -19,000 -2,000 3,000 -7,000 -40,250   7,000 -24,000 -4,000 35,000    55,000  17,750 26,000 27,000                     
      basic net income per share from continuing operations
                                                       0.69 0.61 0.82 0.66 0.58 0.52 0.67 0.47 0.42 0.55 0.6 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.46 0.35                            
      basic net income per share from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                                  
      diluted net income per share from continuing operations
                                                       0.69 0.61 0.82 0.66 0.58 0.52 0.67 0.47 0.42 0.55 0.6 0.5 0.44 0.4 0.46 0.35                            
      diluted net income per share from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                                  
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                           26,930,000 23,805,000 30,057,000 21,922,000 17,997,000 23,567,000 26,096,000 21,696,000 19,138,000 17,363,000  15,824,000                            
      net income including noncontrolling interest
                                                               12,690,000 16,290,000                                  
      net (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                  
      net income attributable to pricesmart
                                                               12,690,000 16,290,000 17,917,000 14,853,000 13,217,000 12,024,000 13,697,000 10,377,000                            
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                      -53,000                            
      net income attributable to pricesmart:
                                                                                                  
      net income attributable to pricesmart: - sum
                                                                  14,853,000 13,217,000 12,024,000 13,697,000 10,377,000                            
      asset impairment and closure costs
                                                                       -465,000 -48,000 -48,000 248,000 439,000 670,000 14,000 19,000 819,000 68,000 472,000  1,662,000 59,000   2,593,000 8,190,000   3,684,000       
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                   -33,000 -20,000 -60,000                             
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, and loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                     19,915,000                             
      income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                      9,000 -1,000 55,000                          
      preopening expenses
                                                                       110,750 344,000 344,000  14,000 9,000 215,000 772,000 117,000 1,000 23,000 232,000 13,000  1,000 335,000 57,000 40,000 2,000  322,000 156,000 10,000 10,000 649,000 288,000 576,000 
      provision for settlement of litigation, including changes in fair market value of put agreement
                                                                             3,386,000                     
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, loss of unconsolidated affiliates and minority interest
                                                                       11,678,000 12,657,000  14,435,000                        
      minority interest
                                                                       -54,000 -61,000 -61,000 -66,000 -126,000 -76,000 -160,000 -130,000 -139,000 -75,000 -128,000 -134,000 -93,000 -88,000 -129,000 -44,000 164,000 568,000 -114,000 -52,000 2,601,000 497,000 512,000 512,000 838,000 -118,000 -23,000 
      basic income per share:
                                                                                                  
      continuing operations
                                                                       0.278 0.3 0.3 0.37 0.39 0.37 0.33 0.23 -0.11 0.18 0.23 0.14 0.01 0.11 0.12 0.05            
      discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                              18,000 -70,999.99 25,000 28,000 18,000 3,024,000 103,000 -107,000 654,000            
      diluted income per share:
                                                                                                  
      benefit from settlement of litigation, including changes in fair market value of put agreement
                                                                                                  
      income from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes, loss of unconsolidated affiliates and minority interest
                                                                         12,657,000                         
      benefit from income taxes
                                                                         -3,960,000                         
      sales:
                                                                                                  
      discontinued operations income, net of tax
                                                                          -19,000                        
      discontinued operations
                                                                                                  
      dividends per share:
                                                                                                  
      provision (income) for settlement of litigation, including changes in fair value of put agreement
                                                                           336,000 -2,042,000                      
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, loss of unconsolidated affiliate and minority interest
                                                                           12,430,000 14,326,000 10,539,000 10,521,000 2,093,000 9,199,000 9,962,000  3,206,500 4,417,000 5,708,000             
      loss of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                               -70,500 -99,000 -99,000  -14,000 -12,000 -80,000             
      closure costs
                                                                                  191,000   60,000 53,000   211,000 367,000  1,512,000 220,000 220,000    
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, income of unconsolidated affiliate and minority interest
                                                                                  7,246,000    2,701,000            
      income of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                  -85,000    36,000            
      preferred dividends
                                                                                       -1,296,000   648,000 840,000 840,000 840,000 840,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 
      deemed dividend on exchange of common stock for preferred stock
                                                                                                  
      net income available to (loss attributable to) common stockholders
                                                                                   2,118,250 3,228,000 3,240,000             
      basic income per share – common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      preferred and deemed dividends
                                                                                                  
      available to (attributable to) common stockholders
                                                                                   0.12 0.11 0.12             
      diluted income per share – common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      net income attributable to common stockholders
                                                                                      2,005,000            
      attributable to common stockholders
                                                                                      0.08            
      net warehouse
                                                                                       124,347,500 165,902,000 178,462,000 153,026,000 142,170,000 161,468,000 143,741,000 143,741,000 163,779,000 183,150,000 162,018,000 
      warehouse operations
                                                                                       15,581,500 21,387,000 21,211,000 19,728,000 19,976,000 20,366,000 20,576,000 20,576,000 20,758,000 19,783,000 18,737,000 
      income from related party
                                                                                           500,000       
      loss before provision for income taxes, losses of unconsolidated affiliate and minority interest
                                                                                       -2,884,250 -10,076,000 -796,000         
      losses of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                       -758,500 -617,000 -1,962,000 -454,000        
      net loss attributable to common stockholders
                                                                                       -44,774,000 -13,145,000 -3,188,000 -2,524,000 -7,462,000       
      loss per share—common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                       -0.255 -0.53          
      diluted
                                                                                       -0.255 -0.53          
      shares used in per share computation:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    30,241 30,226 30,173 30,070 30,063 30,019 -20 29,968 29,920 30,269 11 30,800 30,741 30,713 30,615 30,578 30,551 30,414 30,376 30,398 -9 30,271 30,255 30,277 30,198 30,206 30,172 10 30,137 30,100 30,078 10 30,043 30,004 29,982 10 29,951 29,914 29,890 14 29,883 29,827 29,791 14 29,784 29,724 29,690 13 29,683 29,626 29,592 11 29,584 29,541 29,503 19 29,493 29,414 29,356 33 29,336 29,222 29,105 30 29,010 29,010 28,860 12 28,914 28,848 28,781 49 28,549 28,477 28,429 362 28,373 26,821 25,698 4,602.25 24,850 20,014 10,311 7,362 7,362 7,079 7,079   6,846 
      diluted
    30,270 30,245 30,180 30,078 30,068 30,020 -20 29,968 29,920 30,269 16 30,829 30,760 30,719 12 30,629 30,582 30,603 -20 30,446 30,404 30,420 -14 30,275 30,258 30,284 -7 30,205 30,211 30,189 10 30,137 30,100 30,079 30,045 30,008 29,987 10 29,955 29,919 29,896 14 29,888 29,833 29,799 14 29,792 29,736 29,702 37 29,692 29,636 29,604 11 29,595 29,553 29,517 20 29,502 29,423 29,362 26 29,345 29,250 29,163 17 29,202 29,202 29,111 -106 29,224 29,233 29,494 37 29,250 29,224 29,105 323 29,067 27,139 26,005 4,602.25 24,850 20,014 10,311 7,362 7,362      
      loss per share – common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                         -0.16 -0.24 -1.01       
      diluted
                                                                                         -0.16 -0.24 -1.01       
      loss before benefit for income taxes, losses of unconsolidated affiliate and minority interest
                                                                                          -665,000        
      benefit for income taxes
                                                                                          -705,000   -52,000     
      other revenue
                                                                                           1,423,000       
      equity of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                           -565,000 -377,000   -905,000 -648,000 -765,000 
      income before income taxes
                                                                                           -5,631,000 -3,422,000      
      net income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders
                                                                                            -4,503,000      
      earnings per share – common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                            -0.61 -0.99 -0.99 -1.14 0.18 0.17 
      diluted
                                                                                            -0.61      
      equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                             -404,000 -404,000    
      income before benefit for income taxes
                                                                                             -6,193,000     
      net income available to common stockholders
                                                                                             -6,981,000 -6,981,000 -7,812,000 1,217,000 1,193,000 
      earnings per share – common stockholders:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                            -0.61 -0.99 -0.99 -1.14 0.18 0.17 
      fully diluted
                                                                                             -0.99 -0.99 -1.14 0.18 0.17 
      shares used in per share computation:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    30,241 30,226 30,173 30,070 30,063 30,019 -20 29,968 29,920 30,269 11 30,800 30,741 30,713 30,615 30,578 30,551 30,414 30,376 30,398 -9 30,271 30,255 30,277 30,198 30,206 30,172 10 30,137 30,100 30,078 10 30,043 30,004 29,982 10 29,951 29,914 29,890 14 29,883 29,827 29,791 14 29,784 29,724 29,690 13 29,683 29,626 29,592 11 29,584 29,541 29,503 19 29,493 29,414 29,356 33 29,336 29,222 29,105 30 29,010 29,010 28,860 12 28,914 28,848 28,781 49 28,549 28,477 28,429 362 28,373 26,821 25,698 4,602.25 24,850 20,014 10,311 7,362 7,362 7,079 7,079   6,846 
      income before provision for income taxes
                                                                                              -6,193,000 -9,518,000 2,410,000 2,429,000 
      expenses:
                                                                                                  
      severance
                                                                                               1,083,000   
      option re-pricing
                                                                                               833,000   
      settlement and related expenses
                                                                                                  
      total expenses
                                                                                               176,839,000 184,013,000 164,377,000 
      earnings per share:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                            -0.61 -0.99 -0.99 -1.14 0.18 0.17 
      average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                               6,872 6,872  
      membership fees
                                                                                                2,235,000  
      membership fees and other
                                                                                                 4,796,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                                     
        current assets:
                                                                                                     
        cash and cash equivalents
      208,443,000 156,249,000 206,419,000 241,024,000 167,961,000 130,363,000 120,943,000 125,364,000 128,271,000 170,563,000 174,452,000 239,984,000 222,668,000 260,927,000 267,944,000 237,710,000 207,528,000 178,705,000 176,072,000 202,060,000 190,687,000 180,179,000 207,955,000 299,481,000 261,788,000 132,845,000 111,359,000 102,653,000 106,445,000 90,261,000 81,047,000 93,460,000 141,164,000 152,132,000 129,183,000 162,434,000 192,106,000 181,990,000 175,402,000 199,522,000 202,616,000 173,008,000 140,006,000 157,072,000 145,593,000 119,243,000 119,213,000 137,098,000 123,759,000 75,337,000 77,226,000 121,874,000 92,408,000 101,202,000 84,350,000 91,248,000 104,943,000 90,799,000 58,276,000 76,817,000 65,846,000 70,659,000 48,454,000 73,346,000 55,091,000 63,047,000 39,039,000 44,193,000 39,035,000 39,035,000 29,888,000 24,692,000 48,121,000 26,107,000 25,912,000 19,269,000 32,065,000 11,554,000 33,441,000 15,261,000 39,995,000 48,533,000 47,957,000 24,344,000 30,147,000 30,269,000 57,657,000 12,705,000 9,559,000 20,001,000 18,869,000 18,869,000 16,333,000 14,003,000 25,755,000 
        short-term restricted cash
      10,355,000 8,559,000 9,212,000 11,061,000 3,488,000 3,476,000 3,309,000 1,383,000 2,832,000 2,834,000 2,869,000 2,865,000 2,965,000 9,110,000 2,873,000 3,013,000 2,986,000 4,172,000 4,165,000 3,647,000 781,000 736,000 185,000 185,000 240,000 93,000 65,000 54,000 4,136,000 4,464,000 4,164,000 405,000 676,000 365,000 373,000 460,000 816,000 816,000 517,000 518,000 518,000 135,000 60,000 61,000 16,249,000 1,500,000 4,376,000 2,353,000 2,356,000 2,328,000 3,100,000 5,984,000 4,386,000 4,367,000 1,220,000 1,241,000 1,288,000 1,288,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,200,000   10,000 10,000 10,000 9,500,000 533,000 536,000 654,000 6,693,000 8,155,000 8,046,000 7,945,000 7,844,000 7,748,000 7,651,000 7,556,000 7,471,000 7,399,000 7,331,000 7,279,000 7,229,000 7,287,000        
        short-term investments
      113,748,000 149,712,000 114,160,000 73,186,000 94,408,000 116,933,000 101,252,000 100,165,000 99,904,000 93,630,000 88,002,000 91,081,000 112,629,000 54,322,000 8,920,000 11,160,000 19,767,000 26,933,000 39,201,000 50,233,000 67,068,000 81,430,000 73,980,000 46,509,000 40,042,000 30,448,000 25,098,000 17,045,000 17,023,000 23,501,000 25,986,000 32,304,000                                                                
        accounts receivable
      19,837,000 22,953,000 20,791,000 17,400,000 21,249,000 20,400,000 23,606,000 18,847,000 17,842,000 19,819,000 17,645,000 17,904,000 15,031,000 16,401,000 18,757,000 13,391,000 14,569,000 15,001,000 15,572,000 12,359,000 12,221,000 11,874,000 15,150,000 13,153,000 10,886,000 10,905,000 10,293,000 9,872,000 9,543,000 10,500,000 9,830,000 8,859,000 8,998,000 8,194,000 6,602,000 6,460,000 6,591,000 6,384,000 7,761,000 7,464,000 5,949,000 7,178,000 7,691,000 9,662,000 8,261,000 7,078,000 6,467,000 7,910,000 4,507,000 3,614,000 3,481,000 3,130,000 3,352,000 3,447,000 6,085,000 6,231,000 4,323,000 4,114,000 3,978,000 3,655,000 3,865,000 3,167,000 3,669,000 2,855,000 2,572,000 2,454,000 2,399,000 2,187,000 4,292,000 4,292,000 3,765,000 3,287,000 2,455,000 2,326,000 1,888,000 2,429,000 2,705,000 4,476,000 4,326,000 4,888,000 3,599,000 3,289,000 2,340,000 2,464,000 1,906,000 3,590,000 2,168,000 1,662,000 3,434,000 4,696,000 5,466,000 5,466,000  7,299,000 16,300,000 
        merchandise inventories
      623,052,000 623,142,000 618,848,000 560,730,000 553,123,000 549,687,000 585,850,000 528,678,000 516,464,000 502,292,000 529,898,000 471,407,000 442,580,000 449,101,000 510,060,000 464,411,000 460,962,000 470,313,000 500,767,000 389,711,000 336,645,000 339,237,000 373,178,000 309,509,000 268,762,000 323,022,000 388,072,000 331,273,000 326,724,000 334,899,000 380,079,000 321,025,000 326,200,000 314,811,000 372,413,000 310,946,000 279,417,000 296,984,000 326,989,000 282,907,000 253,778,000 260,101,000 322,623,000 267,175,000 266,184,000 281,256,000 323,408,000 226,383,000 230,693,000 236,471,000 298,721,000 217,413,000 220,923,000 219,454,000 239,978,000 201,043,000 180,263,000 179,904,000 219,593,000 177,232,000 167,687,000 151,692,000 169,355,000 131,190,000 133,059,000 124,077,000 147,390,000 115,841,000 112,990,000 112,990,000 120,753,000 134,304,000 113,894,000 112,162,000 109,301,000 120,872,000 95,979,000 90,211,000 84,108,000 93,730,000 77,432,000 69,102,000 71,225,000 81,157,000 65,719,000 65,460,000 70,112,000 86,637,000 59,057,000 60,834,000 74,126,000 74,126,000 70,751,000 80,603,000 104,260,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      88,287,000 81,305,000 83,189,000 71,059,000 60,550,000 54,284,000 57,564,000 57,910,000 57,515,000 58,514,000 67,969,000 53,866,000 51,317,000 46,910,000 44,731,000 43,894,000 44,059,000 46,156,000 46,639,000 39,194,000 31,812,000 32,283,000 40,103,000 30,165,000 24,736,000 28,242,000 36,990,000 30,999,000 36,649,000 35,898,000 33,642,000 31,800,000 32,680,000 30,115,000 36,168,000 30,070,000 21,805,000 20,922,000 24,194,000 22,143,000 18,030,000 24,366,000 28,735,000 22,535,000 31,055,000 27,068,000 25,189,000 22,570,000 23,756,000 24,654,000 30,717,000 20,890,000 22,853,000 33,049,000 34,628,000 31,232,000 28,743,000 32,401,000 32,581,000 29,117,000 27,969,000 24,031,000 25,400,000 21,879,000 18,337,000 15,982,000 18,010,000 19,033,000 18,572,000 18,572,000 18,931,000 18,400,000 16,669,000 18,299,000 16,510,000 16,907,000 15,777,000 11,747,000 10,596,000 9,741,000 8,985,000 7,316,000 8,299,000 8,627,000 8,410,000 10,740,000 12,355,000 10,888,000 10,806,000 7,256,000 6,677,000 6,677,000 12,942,000 13,222,000 10,766,000 
        total current assets
      1,063,722,000 1,041,920,000 1,052,619,000 974,460,000 900,779,000 875,143,000 892,524,000 832,347,000 822,828,000 847,652,000 880,835,000 877,107,000 847,190,000 836,771,000 853,285,000 773,579,000 749,871,000 741,280,000 782,416,000 697,204,000 639,214,000 645,739,000 710,551,000 699,002,000 606,454,000 525,555,000 571,877,000 491,896,000 500,520,000 499,523,000 534,748,000 487,853,000 509,718,000 505,617,000 544,739,000 510,370,000 500,735,000 507,096,000 534,863,000 512,554,000 480,891,000 464,788,000 507,344,000 464,354,000 474,862,000 442,984,000 485,774,000 402,491,000 391,146,000 348,623,000 420,371,000 375,581,000 350,187,000 367,561,000 372,202,000 336,614,000 324,467,000 313,102,000 320,751,000 292,777,000 271,605,000 255,678,000 253,536,000 234,841,000 214,458,000 209,180,000 210,725,000 184,782,000 178,590,000 178,590,000 187,808,000 184,624,000 185,026,000 163,227,000 161,844,000 169,123,000 155,952,000 127,594,000 141,858,000 132,881,000 139,256,000 137,550,000 138,613,000 125,867,000 114,442,000 117,338,000 149,521,000 119,179,000 84,090,000 95,163,000 107,955,000 107,955,000 113,921,000 122,048,000 163,963,000 
        long-term restricted cash
      35,824,000 30,279,000 33,926,000 33,206,000 11,670,000 11,665,000 12,209,000 9,564,000 9,239,000 9,178,000 9,567,000 9,353,000 10,739,000 10,515,000 10,871,000 10,650,000 12,203,000 12,036,000 12,363,000 9,772,000 6,972,000 6,864,000 4,255,000 4,105,000 3,996,000 3,831,000 3,689,000 3,529,000 3,402,000 3,352,000 3,175,000 3,049,000 2,973,000 3,114,000 2,986,000 2,818,000 2,765,000 2,709,000 2,735,000 2,676,000 2,618,000 2,360,000 2,063,000 1,464,000 9,489,000 25,428,000 27,062,000 27,013,000 26,923,000 26,760,000 26,759,000 34,775,000 34,576,000 34,565,000 36,520,000 36,505,000 36,665,000 36,662,000 28,662,000 22,626,000 20,590,000 13,670,000 13,631,000 5,640,000 5,665,000 823,000 765,000 732,000 590,000 590,000 583,000 548,000 673,000 620,000 590,000 457,000 477,000 407,000 407,000 585,000 531,000 587,000 565,000 792,000 1,045,000 10,798,000 21,855,000 22,040,000        
        property and equipment
      1,112,996,000 1,071,674,000 1,035,967,000 996,281,000 968,946,000 954,718,000 934,087,000 936,108,000 938,336,000 925,035,000 873,440,000 850,328,000 816,973,000 774,826,000 756,663,000 757,241,000 765,034,000 753,671,000 733,219,000 730,204,000 716,337,000 712,758,000 700,837,000 692,279,000 700,388,000 706,848,000 693,275,000 671,151,000 629,063,000 626,279,000 605,612,000 594,403,000 597,240,000 580,117,000 567,038,000 557,829,000 533,157,000 535,479,000 469,423,000 473,045,000 456,584,000 440,523,000 443,062,000 433,040,000 442,723,000 424,360,000 432,872,000 426,325,000 396,749,000 374,335,000 351,210,000 338,478,000 329,914,000 326,636,000 307,346,000 297,845,000 289,700,000 282,264,000 272,997,000 281,111,000 281,389,000 280,919,000 277,467,000 265,544,000 259,619,000 251,398,000 236,857,000 231,798,000 225,423,000 225,423,000 217,934,000 209,739,000 199,576,000 199,910,000 199,255,000 197,479,000 179,985,000 173,569,000 160,918,000 165,489,000 162,029,000 161,444,000 158,767,000 155,624,000 142,310,000 165,184,000 176,697,000 176,083,000 177,116,000 182,612,000 184,764,000 184,764,000 194,826,000 190,929,000 190,230,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      125,382,000 125,744,000 119,859,000 113,479,000 110,262,000 98,253,000 100,202,000 96,415,000 100,391,000 100,175,000 112,383,000 114,201,000 106,411,000 106,043,000 108,762,000 111,810,000 114,775,000 115,290,000 117,754,000 123,655,000 125,998,000 123,968,000 119,316,000 119,533,000 121,802,000 123,231,000 118,203,000                                                                     
        goodwill
      43,293,000 43,263,000 43,240,000 43,238,000 43,231,000 43,218,000 43,215,000 43,197,000 43,182,000 43,131,000 43,135,000 43,110,000 43,152,000 43,185,000 43,173,000 43,303,000 43,347,000 43,334,000 43,332,000 45,095,000 45,142,000 45,157,000 45,123,000 45,206,000 45,316,000 45,413,000 45,425,000 46,101,000 46,158,000 46,263,000 46,248,000 46,329,000 51,351,000 35,473,000 35,578,000 35,642,000 35,632,000 35,692,000 35,603,000 35,637,000 35,652,000 35,701,000 35,846,000 35,871,000 35,965,000 36,069,000 36,162,000 36,108,000 36,176,000 36,321,000 36,289,000 36,364,000 36,622,000 36,699,000 36,821,000 36,886,000 37,104,000 37,221,000 37,236,000 37,361,000 37,465,000 37,533,000 37,445,000 37,471,000 37,533,000 37,455,000 37,415,000 37,538,000 37,741,000 37,741,000 37,902,000 38,836,000 39,248,000 38,953,000 38,609,000 31,594,000 31,652,000 31,727,000 31,702,000 31,801,000 31,870,000 31,883,000 31,764,000 31,279,000 29,600,000 29,733,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 23,071,000 
        deferred tax assets
      44,516,000 44,468,000 42,008,000 41,229,000 36,772,000 36,462,000 34,801,000 36,618,000 31,241,000 32,147,000 31,253,000 32,039,000 28,278,000 27,898,000 27,427,000 28,355,000 27,990,000 26,258,000 23,922,000 24,225,000 22,872,000 22,332,000 20,246,000 21,672,000 21,178,000 18,823,000 17,790,000 15,474,000 13,846,000 11,786,000 10,877,000 10,166,000 10,509,000 10,449,000 15,200,000 15,412,000 13,893,000 12,251,000 11,783,000 12,258,000 15,009,000                               21,897,000 21,928,000 20,516,000 20,194,000 19,396,000 19,535,000         14,475,000 15,819,000  16,327,000 16,976,000 16,760,000 16,760,000    
        other non-current assets
      93,470,000 79,410,000 66,279,000 60,375,000 65,910,000 66,346,000 63,767,000 61,563,000 64,920,000 68,900,000 68,123,000 68,991,000 70,132,000 76,474,000 77,242,000 72,163,000 66,852,000 69,399,000 63,851,000 57,329,000 56,483,000 54,462,000 57,508,000 54,260,000 53,965,000 52,578,000 51,226,000 44,987,000 44,983,000 46,525,000 51,468,000 48,854,000 48,317,000 46,168,000 46,506,000 44,678,000 46,928,000 52,966,000 52,690,000 49,798,000 48,271,000 41,012,000 41,881,000 39,182,000 35,651,000 38,267,000 35,744,000 27,593,000 25,734,000 26,477,000 25,787,000 19,866,000 19,431,000 5,765,000 5,395,000 5,468,000 5,492,000 5,560,000 5,556,000                                     
        investment in unconsolidated affiliates
         6,889,000 6,870,000 6,860,000 6,877,000 6,882,000 10,561,000 10,558,000 10,543,000 10,479,000 10,471,000 10,460,000 10,497,000 10,534,000 10,538,000 10,520,000 10,534,000 10,544,000 10,569,000 10,582,000 10,593,000 10,602,000 10,618,000 10,635,000 10,649,000 10,697,000 10,710,000 10,714,000 10,734,000 10,758,000 10,769,000 10,786,000 10,781,000 10,765,000 10,766,000 10,759,000 10,773,000 10,767,000 10,798,000 10,811,000 10,382,000 10,317,000 10,315,000 10,245,000 10,069,000 8,863,000 8,861,000 8,858,000 8,108,000 8,104,000 8,107,000 8,100,000 8,105,000 7,559,000 7,565,000 7,584,000 7,582,000 8,063,000 8,063,000 8,061,000 8,092,000 8,091,000 8,096,000 8,097,000 7,761,000 7,658,000 7,607,000 7,607,000 7,610,000 7,260,000                        
        total assets
      2,519,203,000 2,436,758,000 2,393,898,000 2,269,157,000 2,144,440,000 2,092,665,000 2,087,682,000 2,022,694,000 2,020,698,000 2,036,776,000 2,029,279,000 2,005,608,000 1,933,346,000 1,886,172,000 1,887,920,000 1,808,400,000 1,791,763,000 1,773,330,000 1,789,313,000 1,705,790,000 1,631,955,000 1,630,836,000 1,677,995,000 1,656,825,000 1,574,489,000 1,498,292,000 1,524,111,000 1,296,411,000 1,261,864,000 1,258,230,000 1,277,243,000 1,216,392,000 1,246,470,000 1,191,724,000 1,222,828,000 1,177,514,000 1,143,876,000 1,156,952,000 1,117,870,000 1,096,735,000 1,049,823,000 1,008,843,000 1,047,594,000 991,692,000 1,016,183,000 986,366,000 1,037,132,000 940,218,000 898,451,000 834,316,000 880,562,000 826,039,000 792,494,000 792,725,000 779,904,000 735,712,000 715,940,000 697,527,000 688,042,000 664,328,000 637,691,000 615,506,000 609,901,000 572,565,000 547,585,000 530,103,000 517,257,000 487,373,000 473,849,000 473,849,000 475,626,000 466,660,000 449,963,000 426,676,000 426,070,000 423,749,000 395,419,000 362,009,000 363,796,000 355,474,000 359,043,000 356,031,000 357,853,000 345,642,000 319,854,000 354,200,000 404,304,000 373,952,000 350,773,000 368,651,000 389,712,000 389,712,000 399,839,000 401,720,000 433,945,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                     
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                     
        short-term borrowings
      3,445,000 3,981,000 7,701,000 12,286,000 18,676,000 15,340,000 7,764,000 8,007,000 10,078,000 6,101,000 9,199,000 8,679,000 10,414,000 10,133,000 11,050,000 10,608,000 15,336,000 15,342,000 4,986,000   23,067,000 47,349,000 65,143,000 70,886,000 3,579,000 23,018,000 7,540,000 2,152,000    334,000  2,483,000   6,561,000 12,211,000 16,534,000 10,127,000  1,935,000 6,606,000  4,470,000 17,066,000    13,000,000      2,169,000 135,000 5,812,000 2,259,000 4,642,000 2,984,000 3,972,000 3,551,000 3,618,000 4,344,000 2,951,000 2,303,000 5,795,000 5,795,000 3,659,000 4,868,000 3,473,000 5,245,000 3,917,000 3,884,000 3,301,000 2,812,000 4,062,000 677,000 158,000  874,000 1,380,000 1,648,000 1,932,000 5,187,000 13,901,000 14,080,000 21,769,000 25,652,000 25,652,000 25,263,000 20,039,000 22,253,000 
        accounts payable
      556,665,000 556,342,000 571,578,000 506,949,000 499,088,000 497,732,000 537,076,000 485,961,000 491,203,000 507,077,000 522,568,000 453,229,000 417,210,000 406,581,000 446,572,000 408,407,000 393,536,000 380,778,000 461,046,000 388,791,000 341,007,000 335,821,000 384,086,000 373,172,000 283,045,000 281,098,000 328,585,000 286,219,000 271,298,000 274,311,000 312,390,000 255,739,000 268,976,000 253,579,000 297,371,000 272,248,000 233,226,000 265,756,000 280,601,000 267,173,000 245,096,000 237,810,000 275,908,000 241,978,000 240,426,000 233,266,000 282,435,000 225,761,000 197,671,000 194,959,000 230,890,000 199,425,000 175,037,000 196,171,000 200,829,000 173,198,000 164,756,000 167,418,000 179,852,000 163,432,000 137,756,000 142,567,000 143,813,000 124,401,000 113,494,000 113,097,000 113,280,000 101,412,000 92,010,000 92,010,000 102,430,000 107,965,000 96,120,000 90,300,000 92,755,000 98,784,000 80,633,000 67,736,000 72,503,000 75,861,000 65,520,000 61,893,000 59,137,000 69,825,000 57,423,000 54,663,000 63,723,000 69,726,000 52,666,000 64,840,000 67,688,000 67,688,000 67,113,000 67,581,000 101,735,000 
        accrued salaries and benefits
      58,159,000 44,875,000 42,327,000 52,478,000 49,281,000 38,258,000 37,241,000 48,263,000 46,763,000 36,016,000 34,702,000 45,441,000 44,551,000 35,340,000 33,693,000 44,097,000 40,411,000 32,239,000 30,221,000 41,896,000 37,240,000 29,278,000 28,630,000 32,946,000 28,017,000 25,118,000 24,131,000 25,401,000 23,813,000 20,219,000 21,733,000 22,836,000 23,594,000 18,682,000 19,250,000 19,151,000 20,664,000 17,181,000 17,645,000 19,606,000 18,502,000 15,124,000 16,396,000 17,977,000 18,767,000 15,288,000 16,221,000 17,799,000 18,041,000 15,048,000 16,171,000 17,862,000 16,267,000 13,028,000 12,641,000 14,729,000 13,590,000 11,052,000 10,781,000 11,681,000 11,904,000 9,442,000 10,798,000 10,911,000 9,637,000 7,878,000 7,715,000 8,831,000 8,444,000 8,444,000 7,466,000 7,575,000 8,271,000 7,787,000 6,383,000 6,507,000 6,962,000 6,354,000 5,448,000 5,658,000 5,765,000 5,450,000 4,258,000 4,714,000 4,513,000 4,724,000 4,363,000 4,802,000 3,924,000 3,669,000 4,145,000 4,145,000 3,375,000 3,496,000 3,887,000 
        deferred income
      50,500,000 49,903,000 44,879,000 43,061,000 43,403,000 43,411,000 38,999,000 38,079,000 37,777,000 38,277,000 33,932,000 32,613,000 32,507,000 32,665,000 29,609,000 29,228,000 29,648,000 30,793,000 28,128,000 26,898,000 27,255,000 28,283,000 25,125,000 23,525,000 24,154,000 27,084,000 25,147,000 25,340,000 25,070,000 24,725,000 22,584,000 23,018,000 23,785,000                                                               
        income taxes payable
      1,402,000 4,816,000 6,086,000 7,265,000 4,045,000 4,730,000 4,018,000 6,516,000 4,785,000 8,302,000 9,837,000 9,428,000 7,365,000 9,587,000 9,617,000 7,243,000 8,292,000 10,164,000 6,955,000 8,310,000 9,740,000 10,181,000 9,559,000 7,727,000 9,613,000 7,773,000 6,640,000 4,637,000 4,219,000 3,793,000 2,211,000 4,636,000 5,124,000 8,839,000 5,217,000 5,044,000 5,257,000 5,933,000 4,892,000 4,226,000 5,425,000 6,398,000 7,777,000 9,595,000 8,769,000 8,359,000 7,577,000 7,664,000 6,867,000 8,431,000 7,455,000 8,059,000 7,208,000 7,735,000 6,690,000 8,578,000 8,107,000 7,754,000 4,869,000 7,655,000 7,141,000 6,216,000 4,054,000 6,615,000 6,199,000 5,785,000 5,937,000 5,942,000 6,225,000 6,225,000 6,055,000 4,743,000 3,695,000 2,544,000 2,834,000 2,580,000 4,593,000 4,346,000 4,217,000 3,600,000 4,098,000 1,691,000 3,404,000 2,445,000 2,271,000 1,396,000 1,339,000 1,908,000      871,000 864,000 
        other accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      67,937,000 81,509,000 71,863,000 57,627,000 43,571,000 57,348,000 52,898,000 50,035,000 42,163,000 50,390,000 52,175,000 57,273,000 34,106,000 43,256,000 40,388,000 38,667,000 35,387,000 42,240,000 39,204,000 39,736,000 27,959,000 35,835,000 35,228,000 37,731,000 35,622,000  40,519,000                                                                     
        operating lease liabilities, current portion
      7,888,000 8,129,000 7,868,000 7,930,000 7,356,000 7,314,000 7,519,000 7,370,000 7,179,000 7,181,000 7,508,000 7,621,000 6,929,000 7,144,000 7,349,000 7,491,000 7,442,000 6,808,000 6,771,000 8,526,000 8,486,000 7,975,000 8,649,000 8,594,000 8,409,000 8,402,000 8,310,000                                                                     
        dividends payable
      21,683,000 21,683,000   19,411,000 19,411,000   17,771,000 17,771,000   14,426,000 14,456,000   13,430,000 13,430,000   10,755,000 10,755,000   10,719,000 10,719,000   10,672,000 10,672,000   10,652,000 10,652,000   10,643,000 10,643,000   10,629,000 10,629,000   10,564,000 10,564,000   10,593,000 10,593,000   9,065,000 9,065,000 18,129,000  9,063,000 9,063,000   8,970,000 8,969,000   7,429,000 7,429,000                              
        long-term debt, current portion
      65,335,000 34,004,000 36,598,000 38,675,000 16,955,000 18,261,000 22,055,000 35,917,000 36,672,000 37,615,000 35,276,000 20,193,000 19,757,000 27,421,000 33,280,000 33,715,000 34,275,000 28,761,000 16,843,000 19,395,000 20,554,000 20,406,000 19,771,000 19,437,000 22,784,000 16,247,000 13,726,000 25,875,000 23,480,000 26,193,000 19,376,000 14,855,000 14,644,000 14,160,000 18,257,000 18,358,000 20,376,000 14,623,000 14,664,000 14,565,000 16,099,000 16,018,000 15,986,000 17,169,000 26,956,000 14,792,000 10,932,000 11,848,000 15,742,000 18,887,000 16,375,000 12,757,000 7,784,000 7,791,000 7,798,000 7,237,000 7,266,000 7,282,000 7,287,000 7,771,000 7,767,000 7,761,000 7,734,000 7,715,000 7,222,000 6,002,000 5,386,000 4,590,000 3,608,000 3,608,000 3,616,000 2,704,000 2,737,000 1,838,000 1,805,000 2,307,000 1,411,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5,417,000 5,417,000 5,417,000 5,417,000 5,417,000 8,727,000 15,871,000 15,433,000 15,733,000 14,169,000 13,862,000 13,862,000 14,412,000 10,898,000 10,313,000 
        total current liabilities
      833,014,000 805,242,000 788,900,000 726,271,000 701,786,000 701,805,000 707,570,000 680,148,000 694,391,000 708,730,000 705,197,000 634,477,000 587,265,000 586,583,000 611,558,000 579,456,000 577,757,000 560,555,000 594,154,000 533,552,000 482,996,000 501,601,000 558,397,000 568,275,000 493,249,000 421,844,000 470,076,000 407,454,000 390,280,000 392,565,000 410,561,000 349,365,000 375,961,000 356,616,000 393,065,000 363,384,000 333,300,000 366,238,000 376,368,000 367,904,000 348,915,000 330,432,000 361,853,000 337,097,000 354,772,000 331,061,000 379,635,000 302,191,000 285,569,000 284,213,000 318,896,000 274,878,000 250,994,000 267,058,000 275,096,000 234,741,000 232,377,000 227,828,000 231,968,000 218,227,000 200,618,000 201,080,000 193,699,000 175,483,000 168,389,000 163,052,000 154,046,000 141,928,000 143,875,000 143,875,000 153,314,000 148,070,000 139,119,000 133,485,000 161,156,000 138,239,000 132,427,000 109,797,000 118,022,000 107,004,000 102,443,000 91,202,000 90,820,000 101,029,000 89,255,000 91,042,000 111,227,000 123,472,000 114,203,000 119,552,000 125,922,000 125,922,000 119,245,000 111,833,000 147,720,000 
        deferred tax liability
      738,000 764,000 653,000 1,100,000 1,248,000 854,000 1,048,000 1,644,000 1,942,000 1,744,000 1,789,000 1,936,000 1,967,000 2,105,000 1,877,000 2,165,000 2,000,000 1,946,000 1,631,000 1,568,000 1,759,000 1,557,000 1,401,000 1,713,000 1,489,000 1,718,000 1,829,000 2,015,000 1,766,000 2,078,000 1,923,000 1,894,000 5,884,000 1,800,000 1,647,000 1,812,000 1,472,000 1,693,000 1,647,000 1,760,000                                1,237,000 1,376,000 3,305,000 1,663,000 1,438,000 1,474,000 1,321,000 1,307,000 961,000 1,101,000 951,000 877,000     584,000        
        long-term income taxes payable, net of current portion
      4,551,000 4,489,000 5,079,000 4,424,000 4,644,000 4,719,000 4,712,000 4,762,000 5,039,000 5,010,000 5,115,000 5,045,000 4,833,000 4,729,000 5,036,000 5,215,000 5,550,000 5,602,000 6,039,000 4,160,000 3,947,000 5,439,000 5,243,000 5,132,000 4,865,000 4,784,000 5,346,000 5,069,000 4,538,000 5,081,000 4,610,000 4,622,000 7,740,000 4,147,000 898,000 909,000 801,000 891,000 883,000 970,000 1,044,000 1,050,000 1,358,000 1,402,000 1,406,000 1,562,000 1,816,000 1,918,000 2,001,000 1,978,000 2,014,000 2,184,000 2,166,000 2,147,000 2,108,000 2,512,000 2,618,000 3,380,000 3,313,000 3,310,000 3,087,000 3,361,000 3,654,000 3,564,000 3,303,000 3,545,000 3,562,000 3,458,000 3,403,000 3,403,000 3,471,000 4,449,000 5,553,000 5,842,000                      
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      134,421,000 134,835,000 129,268,000 122,244,000 118,912,000 106,414,000 107,556,000 103,890,000 108,258,000 107,835,000 120,711,000 122,195,000 114,377,000 113,335,000 115,808,000 118,496,000 121,583,000 122,602,000 125,046,000 129,256,000 131,510,000 129,789,000 124,383,000 124,181,000 126,275,000 127,042,000 121,698,000                                                                     
        long-term debt
      114,365,000 129,148,000 143,735,000 147,922,000 86,170,000 88,850,000 93,567,000 94,443,000 98,426,000 102,350,000 99,704,000 119,487,000 124,631,000 126,383,000 118,505,000 103,556,000 108,182,000 120,057,000 110,601,000 110,110,000 101,294,000 106,160,000 108,104,000 112,610,000 117,045,000 113,879,000 98,084,000 63,711,000 69,476,000 69,793,000 79,877,000 87,720,000 91,208,000 82,512,000 80,340,000 87,939,000 104,338,000 101,942,000 69,788,000 73,542,000 71,462,000 75,047,000 78,437,000 73,365,000 74,852,000 90,328,000 85,378,000 79,591,000 78,353,000 41,308,000 46,907,000 60,263,000 68,068,000 71,389,000 73,165,000 71,422,000 73,317,000 76,396,000 63,490,000 60,451,000 60,030,000 54,185,000 55,783,000 53,005,000 50,151,000 47,127,000 42,795,000 37,120,000 28,919,000 28,919,000 30,101,000 22,273,000 23,028,000 15,174,000 15,582,000 15,838,000 8,008,000 37,000 53,000 555,000 13,252,000 13,791,000 19,813,000 20,359,000 23,915,000 37,856,000 59,894,000 64,458,000 85,534,000 88,487,000 95,519,000 95,519,000 101,400,000 101,903,000 98,612,000 
        other long-term liabilities
      39,706,000 29,241,000 21,473,000 19,824,000 17,487,000 17,437,000 14,651,000 14,842,000 17,288,000 17,233,000 14,519,000 15,425,000 10,580,000 9,125,000 8,773,000 8,439,000 8,493,000 8,684,000 9,696,000 10,930,000 10,665,000 11,039,000 13,176,000 12,182,000 11,963,000 10,158,000 9,306,000 8,685,000 6,882,000 6,062,000 5,371,000 5,268,000 6,063,000 6,401,000 5,731,000 5,789,000 5,688,000 5,533,000 5,424,000  5,475,000 5,548,000 4,805,000 4,456,000 1,886,000 965,000 905,000 372,000 768,000 645,000 630,000 603,000 678,000 2,228,000 1,803,000 1,596,000 1,520,000 2,760,000 975,000 471,000                                    
        total liabilities
      1,126,795,000 1,103,719,000 1,089,108,000 1,021,785,000 930,247,000 920,079,000 929,104,000 899,729,000 925,344,000 942,902,000 947,035,000 898,565,000 843,653,000 842,260,000 861,557,000 817,327,000 823,565,000 819,446,000 847,167,000 789,576,000 732,171,000 755,585,000 810,704,000 824,093,000 754,886,000 679,425,000 706,339,000 498,132,000 482,809,000 484,640,000 511,159,000 457,754,000 495,771,000 460,490,000 490,519,000 468,747,000 454,489,000 485,258,000 462,869,000 458,664,000 437,592,000 421,874,000 455,834,000 425,108,000 441,748,000 432,455,000 476,083,000 391,953,000 374,523,000 335,923,000 375,502,000 344,990,000 328,794,000 349,544,000 358,891,000 316,798,000 315,818,000 316,276,000 305,680,000 288,490,000 269,454,000 264,088,000 258,215,000 236,522,000 225,936,000 217,717,000 204,420,000 186,205,000 183,947,000 183,947,000 194,531,000 182,247,000 174,977,000 163,452,000 189,792,000 168,013,000 146,958,000 116,110,000 124,240,000 113,280,000 121,752,000 123,316,000 128,878,000 139,511,000 119,021,000 134,125,000 176,515,000 193,258,000 204,769,000 212,444,000 225,480,000 225,480,000 221,680,000 214,868,000 246,332,000 
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                                     
        common stock 0.0001 par value...
      3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000                                                        
        additional paid-in capital
      542,116,000 536,554,000 535,032,000 529,354,000 524,348,000 519,564,000 519,035,000 514,542,000 509,901,000 505,349,000 500,795,000 497,434,000 494,382,000 492,099,000 485,096,000 481,406,000 477,281,000 473,277,000 469,170,000 465,015,000 459,812,000 454,881,000 450,666,000 442,969,000 444,403,000 441,372,000 440,756,000 443,084,000 440,373,000 442,273,000 438,928,000 432,882,000 430,133,000 427,545,000 424,856,000 422,762,000 420,130,000 417,776,000 414,811,000 412,369,000 409,979,000 407,826,000 405,268,000 403,168,000 401,821,000 400,539,000 398,706,000 397,150,000 395,569,000 394,020,000 392,011,000 390,581,000 389,133,000 387,692,000 385,977,000 384,154,000 382,570,000 381,037,000 384,515,000 383,549,000 382,588,000 381,436,000 380,307,000 379,368,000 378,381,000 380,147,000 378,326,000 377,210,000 376,043,000 376,043,000 375,120,000 374,126,000 373,192,000 370,850,000 354,623,000 370,565,000 369,848,000 366,004,000 365,317,000 364,774,000 364,132,000 363,357,000 366,875,000 343,018,000 340,659,000 318,235,000 311,722,000 262,574,000 170,356,000 170,486,000 169,106,000 169,106,000 164,120,000 161,972,000 161,909,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -109,267,000 -123,496,000 -144,796,000 -161,439,000 -158,870,000 -160,640,000 -167,606,000 -164,590,000 -160,080,000 -155,289,000 -160,412,000 -163,992,000 -169,603,000 -183,703,000 -196,137,000 -195,586,000 -193,148,000 -184,413,000 -188,639,000 -182,508,000 -177,368,000 -174,778,000 -173,658,000 -176,820,000 -168,019,000 -152,573,000 -147,524,000 -144,339,000 -141,168,000 -130,110,000 -134,462,000 -121,216,000 -108,576,000 -106,250,000 -111,468,000 -110,059,000 -108,258,000 -104,811,000 -114,332,000 -103,951,000 -106,431,000 -112,743,000 -102,108,000 -101,512,000 -70,056,000 -68,399,000 -58,705,000 -49,286,000 -50,323,000 -52,914,000 -40,326,000 -41,475,000 -36,656,000 -36,804,000 -34,782,000 -33,182,000 -32,121,000   -22,915,000     -16,952,000 -17,108,000 -17,149,000 -17,230,000 -16,870,000 -16,870,000 -16,096,000 -15,013,000 -12,897,000 -12,418,000 -12,762,000 -12,608,000 -12,343,000 -13,810,000 -14,010,000 -13,914,000 -13,883,000 -14,077,000 -13,740,000 -13,911,000 -13,757,000 -16,790,000 -16,433,000 -17,199,000 -17,798,000 -17,364,000 -15,125,000 -15,125,000 -12,897,000 -11,528,000 -7,596,000 
        retained earnings
      1,085,064,000 1,045,373,000 1,039,592,000 999,426,000 967,831,000 932,673,000 927,700,000 890,272,000 861,158,000 859,325,000 855,606,000 817,559,000 802,002,000 772,430,000 769,799,000 736,894,000 713,444,000 694,186,000 689,430,000 658,919,000 639,472,000 616,943,000 610,224,000 582,487,000 562,408,000 549,703,000 545,532,000 525,804,000 505,127,000 491,032,000 488,566,000 473,954,000 454,901,000 436,207,000 443,356,000 420,499,000 400,702,000 381,864,000 375,929,000 351,060,000 328,804,000 311,967,000 307,283,000 283,611,000 261,162,000 239,967,000 236,260,000 215,613,000 193,738,000 172,418,000 165,303,000 143,871,000 123,035,000 104,496,000 79,615,000 77,739,000 60,030,000 44,324,000 42,227,000 28,238,000 15,543,000                                2,462,000 10,274,000 9,057,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,957,470 shares as of may 31, 2026 and 1,942,214 shares as of august 31, 2025
      -125,508,000                                                                                               
        total stockholders' equity
      1,392,408,000 1,333,039,000 1,304,790,000 1,247,372,000 1,214,193,000 1,172,586,000 1,158,578,000 1,122,965,000 1,095,354,000 1,093,874,000 1,082,244,000 1,107,043,000 1,089,693,000 1,043,912,000              798,279,000 779,055,000 773,590,000 766,084,000 758,638,000 750,699,000                                                               
        total liabilities and equity
      2,519,203,000 2,436,758,000 2,393,898,000 2,269,157,000 2,144,440,000 2,092,665,000 2,087,682,000 2,022,694,000 2,020,698,000 2,036,776,000 2,029,279,000 2,005,608,000 1,933,346,000 1,886,172,000 1,887,920,000 1,808,400,000 1,791,763,000 1,773,330,000 1,789,313,000 1,705,790,000 1,631,955,000 1,630,836,000 1,677,995,000 1,656,825,000 1,574,489,000 1,498,292,000 1,524,111,000 1,296,411,000 1,261,864,000 1,258,230,000 1,277,243,000 1,216,392,000 1,246,470,000 1,191,724,000 1,222,828,000 1,177,514,000 1,143,876,000 1,156,952,000 1,117,870,000 1,096,735,000 1,049,823,000 1,008,843,000 1,047,594,000 991,692,000 1,016,183,000 986,366,000 1,037,132,000 940,218,000 898,451,000 834,316,000 880,562,000 826,039,000 792,494,000 792,725,000 779,904,000 735,712,000 715,940,000 697,527,000 688,042,000 664,328,000 637,691,000 615,506,000 609,901,000 572,565,000 547,585,000 530,103,000 517,257,000                             
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,956,777 shares as of february 28, 2026 and 1,942,214 shares as of august 31, 2025
       -125,395,000                                                                                              
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,983,382 shares as of november 30, 2025 and 1,942,214 shares as of august 31, 2025
        -125,041,000                                                                                             
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,942,214 shares as of august 31, 2025 and 1,935,302 shares as of august 31, 2024
         -119,972,000                                                                                            
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,934,319 shares as of may 31, 2025 and 1,935,302 shares as of august 31, 2024
          -119,119,000                                                                                           
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,933,021 shares as of february 28, 2025 and 1,935,302 shares as of august 31, 2024
           -119,014,000                                                                                          
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,971,195 shares as of november 30, 2024 and 1,935,302 shares as of august 31, 2024
            -120,554,000                                                                                         
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,935,302 shares as of august 31, 2024 and 957,959 shares as of august 31, 2023
             -117,262,000                                                                                        
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,923,780 shares as of may 31, 2024 and 957,959 shares as of august 31, 2023
              -115,628,000                                                                                       
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,922,401 shares as of february 29, 2024 and 957,959 shares as of august 31, 2023
               -115,514,000                                                                                      
        less: treasury stock at cost, 1,899,295 shares as of november 30, 2023 and 957,959 shares as of august 31, 2023
                -113,748,000                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost, 957,959 shares as of august 31, 2023 and 792,764 shares as of august 31, 2022
                 -43,961,000                                                                                    
        less: treasury stock at cost, 870,670 shares as of may 31, 2023 and 792,764 shares as of august 31, 2022
                  -37,091,000                                                                                   
        less: treasury stock at cost, 868,276 shares as of february 28, 2023 and 792,764 shares as of august 31, 2022
                   -36,917,000                                                                                  
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost, 807,052 shares as of november 30, 2022 and 792,764 shares as of august 31, 2022
                    -32,398,000                                                                                 
        total stockholders’ equity
                    1,026,363,000 991,073,000 968,198,000 953,884,000 942,146,000 916,214,000 899,784,000 875,251,000 867,291,000 832,732,000 819,603,000 818,867,000 817,772,000                                         300,398,000 289,202,000 289,202,000 280,459,000 283,863,000 274,506,000 262,879,000 236,009,000 252,466,000 245,316,000 242,900,000 236,628,000 239,386,000 234,619,000 230,135,000 226,479,000 203,498,000 198,273,000 217,358,000 224,084,000 177,124,000 142,292,000 150,008,000 156,585,000 156,585,000 165,406,000 173,736,000 176,375,000 
        other intangibles
                     765,000 1,153,000 1,542,000 1,922,000 7,762,000 8,368,000 8,974,000 9,566,000 10,166,000 10,772,000 11,378,000 11,977,000 12,576,000 13,182,000 13,788,000 14,381,000 14,980,000 15,593,000                                                               
        less: treasury stock at cost, 792,764 shares as of august 31, 2022 and 712,663 shares as of august 31, 2021
                     -31,644,000                                                                                
        total stockholders’ equity attributable to pricesmart, inc. stockholders
                     991,073,000 968,198,000 953,884,000 942,146,000 915,345,000 898,803,000 874,268,000 866,167,000 831,719,000 818,666,000 817,893,000 816,829,000                                                                     
        noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
                         869,000 981,000 983,000 1,124,000 1,013,000 937,000 974,000 943,000 928,000 462,000 430,000 670,000 636,000 592,000                                                               
        less: treasury stock at cost, 757,784 shares as of may 31, 2022 and 712,663 shares as of august 31, 2021
                      -29,382,000                                                                               
        less: treasury stock at cost, 755,040 shares as of february 28, 2022 and 712,663 shares as of august 31, 2021
                       -29,169,000                                                                              
        less: treasury stock at cost, 735,900 shares as of november 30, 2021 and 712,663 shares as of august 31, 2021
                        -27,818,000                                                                             
        less: treasury stock at cost, 712,663 shares as of august 31, 2021 and 746,864 shares as of august 31, 2020
                         -26,084,000                                                                            
        less: treasury stock at cost, 678,292 shares as of may 31, 2021 and 746,864 shares as of august 31, 2020
                          -23,116,000                                                                           
        less: treasury stock at cost, 674,885 shares as of february 28, 2021 and 746,864 shares as of august 31, 2020
                           -22,781,000                                                                          
        less: treasury stock at cost, 657,513 shares as of november 30, 2020 and 746,864 shares as of august 31, 2020
                            -21,068,000                                                                         
        long-term portion of deferred rent
                                 11,198,000 9,867,000 9,061,000 8,817,000 8,885,000 8,915,000 9,014,000 8,838,000 8,914,000 8,890,000 8,961,000 8,759,000 8,961,000 8,817,000 8,253,000 7,264,000 6,595,000 6,374,000 6,107,000 5,951,000 5,591,000 5,116,000 4,672,000 4,452,000 4,440,000 4,423,000 4,400,000 4,368,000 4,336,000 4,362,000 4,297,000 4,220,000 4,143,000 3,895,000 3,744,000 3,525,000 3,272,000 3,005,000 2,902,000 2,793,000  2,832,000 2,832,000 2,695,000 2,554,000                        
        tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                             11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,486,000 11,552,000 11,534,000 11,321,000 11,321,000 11,290,000 11,269,000 10,711,000 10,711,000 10,725,000 10,962,000 9,505,000 9,505,000 9,489,000 9,361,000 8,016,000 8,016,000 7,951,000 7,509,000 6,680,000 6,680,000 5,979,000 5,880,000 5,242,000 5,242,000 5,366,000 5,371,000 4,489,000 4,490,000 4,501,000 4,724,000 4,609,000 4,547,000 4,388,000 4,388,000 4,420,000 4,565,000 4,563,000 4,732,000 4,830,000 3,974,000 3,970,000 3,935,000 3,902,000                 
        less: treasury stock at cost, 746,864 shares as of august 31, 2020 and 924,332 shares as of august 31, 2019
                             -28,406,000                                                                        
        less: treasury stock at cost, 776,085 shares as of may 31, 2020 and 924,332 shares as of august 31, 2019
                              -31,615,000                                                                       
        other accrued expenses and other current liabilities (includes 45 and 0 as of february 29, 2020 and august 31, 2019, respectively, for the fair value of derivative instruments
                               41,824,000                                                                      
        less: treasury stock at cost, 851,759 shares as of february 29, 2020 and 924,332 shares as of august 31, 2019
                               -32,098,000                                                                      
        less: treasury stock at cost, 862,307 shares as of november 30, 2019 and 924,332 shares as of august 31, 2019
                                -33,424,000                                                                     
        other accrued expenses
                                 32,442,000 29,576,000 32,652,000 32,267,000 28,281,000 28,852,000 26,449,000 28,253,000 26,483,000 20,788,000 22,620,000 25,450,000 24,880,000 21,910,000 22,649,000 23,450,000 23,558,000 27,916,000 22,193,000 25,052,000 21,030,000 18,696,000 18,115,000 17,646,000 20,136,000 18,877,000 16,365,000 13,834,000 17,130,000 13,969,000 11,573,000 10,905,000 13,440,000 10,865,000 11,490,000 12,805,000 12,095,000 11,057,000 8,718,000 9,481,000 10,022,000 11,409,000 11,409,000 13,626,000 11,770,000 11,877,000 11,299,000 10,686,000 11,246,000 18,564,000 16,138,000 14,469,000 13,816,000 15,194,000 10,536,000 11,613,000 11,399,000 12,704,000 13,963,000 15,153,000 9,435,000 11,394,000 10,738,000 10,390,000 10,390,000 5,388,000 5,346,000 4,664,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost, 924,332 shares as of august 31, 2019 and 912,399 shares as of august 31, 2018
                                 -38,687,000                                                                    
        total stockholders' equity attributable to pricesmart, inc. stockholders
                                 797,351,000 778,593,000 773,160,000 765,414,000 758,002,000 750,107,000                                                               
        less: treasury stock at cost, 900,413 shares as of may 31, 2019 and 912,399 shares as of august 31, 2018
                                  -37,228,000                                                                   
        less: treasury stock at cost, 951,343 shares as of february 28, 2019 and 912,399 shares as of august 31, 2018
                                   -41,524,000                                                                  
        less: treasury stock at cost, 912,399 shares as of both november 30, 2018 and august 31, 2018
                                    -39,107,000                                                                 
        less: treasury stock at cost, 912,399 and 874,985 shares as of august 31, 2018 and august 31, 2017, respectively
                                     -39,107,000                                                                
        less: treasury stock at cost, 897,504 and 874,985 shares as of may 31, 2018 and august 31, 2017, respectively
                                      -37,840,000                                                               
        deferred membership income
                                       24,255,000 22,234,000 22,100,000 22,346,000 22,921,000 20,905,000 20,920,000 21,127,000 21,804,000 20,383,000 20,184,000 21,244,000 21,992,000 20,190,000 17,932,000 17,770,000 18,042,000 17,231,000 16,528,000 16,568,000 16,723,000 15,002,000 13,747,000 13,079,000 13,185,000 12,027,000 11,416,000 10,950,000 11,014,000 9,999,000 9,729,000 9,433,000 9,490,000 8,977,000 8,340,000 8,484,000 8,484,000 8,707,000 8,149,000 7,764,000 7,739,000 7,920,000 7,286,000 6,634,000 6,605,000 6,720,000 6,249,000 5,780,000 5,551,000 5,567,000 5,215,000 4,773,000 4,894,000 4,941,000 4,671,000 3,931,000 4,130,000 4,185,000 4,185,000 3,694,000 3,602,000 4,004,000 
        equity:
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost, 896,498 and 874,985 shares as of february 28, 2018 and august 31, 2017, respectively
                                       -37,757,000                                                              
        total equity
                                       731,234,000 732,309,000 708,767,000 689,387,000 671,694,000 655,001,000 638,071,000 612,231,000 586,969,000 591,760,000 566,584,000 574,435,000 553,911,000 561,049,000 548,265,000 523,928,000 498,393,000 505,060,000 481,049,000 463,700,000 443,181,000 421,013,000 418,914,000 400,122,000 381,251,000 382,362,000 375,838,000    336,043,000 321,649,000 312,386,000 312,837,000                             
        less: treasury stock at cost, 874,985 shares as of both november 30, 2017 and august 31, 2017
                                        -35,924,000                                                             
        less: treasury stock at cost, 874,985 and 836,531 shares as of august 31, 2017 and august 31, 2016, respectively
                                         -35,924,000                                                            
        less: treasury stock at cost, 860,513 shares and 836,351 shares as of may 31, 2017 and august 31, 2016, respectively
                                          -34,742,000                                                           
        less: treasury stock at cost, 859,742 shares and 836,351 shares as of february 28, 2017 and august 31, 2016, respectively
                                           -34,672,000                                                          
        less: treasury stock at cost, 836,351 shares as of november 30, 2016 and august 31, 2016, respectively
                                            -32,731,000                                                         
        other long-term liabilities includes 1,514 and 1,699 for the fair value of derivative instruments and 4,013 and 2,757 for post employment plans as of august 31, 2016 and august 31, 2015, respectively)
                                             5,527,000                                                        
        less: treasury stock at cost, 836,351 and 793,180 shares as of august 31, 2016 and august 31, 2015, respectively
                                             -32,731,000                                                        
        deferred tax liabilities
                                              1,879,000                                             743,000 650,000         
        common stock, 0.0001 par value...
                                              3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000                   
        less: treasury stock at cost; 820,540 shares as of may 31, 2016 and 793,180 shares as of august 31, 2015
                                              -31,414,000                                                       
        deferred tax assets – long term
                                               13,648,000 7,016,000 7,464,000 7,178,000 9,013,000 9,449,000 11,825,000 12,862,000 12,942,000 12,038,000 12,871,000 13,657,000 13,399,000 13,515,000 14,835,000 14,947,000 15,134,000 15,258,000 17,000,000 14,452,000 15,344,000 15,361,000 16,637,000 18,019,000 19,168,000 19,849,000 20,938,000   19,984,000                         
        deferred tax liability – long-term
                                               1,544,000 2,117,000 2,193,000 2,458,000 2,432,000 2,398,000 2,290,000 2,716,000 3,107,000 2,603,000 2,622,000 2,465,000 2,322,000 2,351,000 2,191,000 1,624,000 1,615,000 1,714,000 1,888,000 1,824,000 1,718,000 1,554,000 1,198,000 1,088,000 1,091,000 1,224,000 1,026,000 1,360,000 1,360,000                          
        less: treasury stock at cost; 819,817 shares as of february 29, 2016 and 793,180 shares as of august 31, 2015
                                               -31,353,000                                                      
        deferred tax assets – current
                                                8,229,000 7,849,000 7,520,000 6,839,000 7,121,000 6,177,000 6,075,000 6,219,000 7,126,000 6,290,000 6,265,000 6,042,000 5,941,000 5,619,000 4,897,000 4,550,000 5,042,000 4,252,000 4,491,000 4,086,000 4,494,000 3,639,000 3,219,000 2,800,000 2,940,000                             
        deferred tax liability – current
                                                18,000 30,000 130,000 137,000 162,000 157,000 189,000 138,000 128,000 111,000 188,000 180,000 173,000 122,000 378,000 364,000 433,000 533,000 429,000 425,000 409,000 357,000 183,000 200,000 198,000 189,000 198,000 198,000 114,000                         
        less: treasury stock at cost; 793,180 shares as of november 30, 2015 and august 31, 2015
                                                -29,397,000                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 793,180 and 740,784 shares as of august 31, 2015 and august 31, 2014, respectively
                                                 -29,397,000                                                    
        preferred stock 0.0001 par value...
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 791,423 and 740,784 shares as of may 31, 2015 and august 31, 2014, respectively
                                                  -29,220,000                                                   
        less: treasury stock at cost; 790,715 and 740,784 shares as of february 28, 2015 and august 31, 2014, respectively
                                                   -29,161,000                                                  
        less: treasury stock at cost; 740,784 shares as of november 30, 2014 and august 31, 2014
                                                    -24,720,000                                                 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 740,784 and 689,886 shares as of august 31, 2014 and august 31, 2013, respectively
                                                     -24,720,000                                                
        less: treasury stock at cost; 738,694 and 689,886 shares as of may 31, 2014 and august 31, 2013, respectively
                                                      -24,548,000                                               
        preferred stock .0001 par value...
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 738,177 and 689,886 shares as of february 28, 2014 and august 31, 2013, respectively
                                                       -24,495,000                                              
        less: treasury stock at cost; 689,886 shares as of november 30, 2013 and august 31, 2013, respectively
                                                        -19,947,000                                             
        less: treasury stock at cost; 689,886 and 645,426 shares as of august 31, 2013 and august 31, 2012, respectively
                                                         -19,947,000                                            
        less: treasury stock at cost; 687,860 and 645,426 as of may 31, 2013 and august 31, 2012, respectively
                                                          -19,766,000                                           
        less: treasury stock at cost; 687,200 and 645,426 as of february 28, 2013 and august 31, 2012, respectively
                                                           -19,715,000                                          
        less: treasury stock at cost; 645,426 as of november 30 and august 31, 2012, respectively.
                                                            -16,480,000                                         
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                              10,000 46,000 41,000 464,000 507,000 803,000 924,000 692,000 980,000 820,000 947,000 900,000 1,157,000 1,157,000 882,000 1,340,000 1,247,000 1,542,000 1,540,000 1,491,000 1,380,000 1,661,000 1,543,000 1,513,000 1,594,000 1,754,000 1,243,000 1,770,000 118,000           
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                               2,000 2,000 40,000 194,000 212,000 115,000 109,000 117,000 109,000 121,000 299,000 291,000 291,000 249,000 296,000 277,000 95,000 119,000 145,000 151,000 141,000 145,000 143,000 130,000 557,000 550,000 634,000 506,000           
        pricesmart, inc.consolidated balance sheets(amounts in thousands, except share data) - continued
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 645,426 and 795,903 shares as of august 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
                                                             -16,480,000                                        
        less: treasury stock at cost; 643,381 and 795,903 shares as of may 31, 2012 and august 31, 2011, respectively
                                                              -16,339,000                                       
        less: treasury stock at cost; 640,963 and 795,903 shares as of february 29, 2012 and august 31, 2011
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 795,903 shares as of november 30 and august 31, 2011.
                                                                                                     
        other assets
                                                                 5,390,000 4,127,000 4,301,000 4,369,000 4,341,000 4,195,000 3,982,000 3,885,000 3,927,000 3,796,000 3,796,000 3,805,000 3,756,000 3,512,000 3,450,000 3,538,000 3,615,000 3,732,000 3,934,000 3,926,000 1,512,000 1,903,000 2,345,000 4,205,000 4,458,000 4,108,000 7,692,000 7,920,000 7,632,000 8,667,000 8,490,000 8,432,000 8,432,000 5,152,000 5,488,000 4,050,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 795,903 and 726,757 shares as of august 31, 2011 and august 31, 2010, respectively.
                                                                 -18,279,000                                    
        less: treasury stock at cost; 794,193 and 726,757 shares as of may 31, 2011 and august 31, 2010, respectively.
                                                                                                     
        total pricesmart stockholders’ equity and total equity
                                                                  368,237,000 351,418,000 351,686,000                                 
        accumulated deficit
                                                                      -28,762,000 -40,786,000 -39,621,000 -49,998,000 -60,244,000 -60,244,000 -68,907,000 -66,812,000 -77,510,000 -88,808,000 -99,268,000 -99,393,000 -106,087,000 -103,157,000 -108,517,000 -105,604,000 -109,676,000 -113,061,000 -116,289,000 -119,529,000 -121,534,000 -76,760,000 -63,614,000 -60,426,000 -43,506,000 -36,044,000 -31,541,000 -31,541,000    
        less: treasury stock at cost; 791,594 and 726,757 shares as of february 28, 2011 and august 31, 2010, respectively.
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 726,757 and 726,757 shares as of november 30 and august 31, 2010, respectively.
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 726,757 and 656,078 shares as of august 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
                                                                                                     
        total pricesmart stockholders’ equity
                                                                     336,043,000 321,649,000 311,520,000 312,033,000                             
        noncontrolling interest
                                                                       866,000 804,000                             
        less: treasury stock at cost; 725,056 and 656,078 shares as of may 31, 2010 and august 31, 2009, respectively.
                                                                      -15,522,000                               
        less: treasury stock at cost; 722,407 and 656,078 shares as of february 28, 2010 and august 31, 2009, respectively.
                                                                       -15,460,000                              
        less: treasury stock at cost; 656,112 shares as of november 30, 2009 and 656,078 as of august 31, 2009.
                                                                        -14,135,000                             
        deferred tax asset – current
                                                                         2,618,000 2,534,000 2,534,000 2,083,000                         
        short-term notes receivable
                                                                                                     
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                     
        common stock subject to put agreement
                                                                              161,000 1,693,000 16,988,000                     
        dividend payable
                                                                          7,411,000 7,411,000 7,392,000  4,744,000 4,751,000 9,391,000  4,678,000 4,665,000 9,458,000                 
        long term portion of deferred rent
                                                                         2,673,000     2,412,000                       
        accrued closure costs
                                                                          3,558,000 3,558,000 3,611,000 3,664,000 3,489,000 3,552,000 2,992,000 3,033,000 3,072,000 3,112,000 3,150,000 3,189,000 3,226,000 3,273,000 3,338,000 3,403,000 3,466,000    3,953,000 3,459,000 3,082,000 3,082,000    
        minority interest
                                                                         770,000 700,000 700,000 636,000 550,000 480,000 345,000 269,000 3,270,000 3,145,000 2,999,000 2,928,000 2,808,000 2,672,000 2,580,000 2,496,000 2,633,000 2,560,000 2,717,000 3,705,000 3,570,000 3,712,000 6,199,000 7,647,000 7,647,000 12,753,000 13,116,000 11,238,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 656,078 and 580,562 shares, respectively
                                                                         -14,134,000                            
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                         487,373,000 473,849,000 473,849,000 475,626,000 466,660,000 449,963,000 426,676,000 426,070,000 423,749,000 395,419,000 362,009,000 363,796,000 355,474,000 359,043,000 356,031,000 357,853,000 345,642,000 319,854,000 354,200,000 404,304,000 373,952,000 350,773,000 368,651,000 389,712,000 389,712,000 399,839,000 401,720,000 433,945,000 
        notes receivable – short-term
                                                                                                     
        deferred tax assets – long-term
                                                                          20,102,000 20,102,000                          
        less: treasury stock at cost; 655,071 shares as of may 31, 2009 and 580,562 shares as of august 31, 2008
                                                                          -14,118,000 -14,118,000                          
        notes receivable – short term
                                                                            2,006,000 2,068,000 2,104,000 2,137,000                      
        deferred tax liability – long term
                                                                            1,339,000                         
        less: treasury stock at cost; 652,961 shares as of february 28, 2009 and 580,562 shares as of august 31, 2008
                                                                            -14,081,000                         
        less: treasury stock at cost; 587,016 shares as of november 30, 2008 and 580,562 as of august 31, 2008.
                                                                             -13,006,000                        
        notes receivable
                                                                                2,040,000 2,085,000 2,086,000 2,231,000 2,130,000                 
        investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                  2,000,000 2,999,000 2,980,000 3,133,000 3,271,000 3,278,000 3,663,000 6,456,000 6,089,000 7,394,000 7,860,000 8,794,000 13,097,000 13,975,000 16,591,000 16,591,000 17,644,000 18,550,000 14,698,000 
        accrued reserve for settlement of pending litigation
                                                                                 5,500,000 5,500,000                   
        less: treasury stock at cost; 580,562 and 476,224 shares, respectively
                                                                              -12,845,000                       
        notes receivable – long term
                                                                                                     
        accrued reserve for settlement of litigation, including fair value of put agreement
                                                                               194,000                      
        deferred rent
                                                                               2,094,000 1,895,000 1,779,000 1,977,000 1,843,000 1,708,000 1,571,000 1,730,000 1,599,000 1,530,000 1,317,000 1,427,000 1,593,000 1,482,000 1,373,000 1,079,000 946,000 957,000 957,000 1,035,000 1,132,000  
        less: treasury stock at cost; 521,239 shares and 476,224 shares as of may 31, 2008 and august 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                               -11,480,000                      
        accrued reserve for settlement of litigation, including fair market value of put agreement
                                                                                8,358,000                     
        long-term income taxes payable
                                                                                6,504,000 7,686,000                    
        less: treasury stock at cost; 518,944 shares and 476,224 shares as of february 29, 2008 and august 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                                -11,417,000                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 476,224 shares as of november 30, 2007 and august 31, 2007, respectively
                                                                                 -10,075,000                    
        accounts payable to unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                      381,000 107,000              
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 476,224 and 438,163 shares, respectively
                                                                                  -10,075,000                   
        deferred tax asset
                                                                                   19,548,000 19,875,000 20,073,000 20,183,000 18,944,000 20,276,000 21,166,000 22,260,000   15,718,000        
        common stock, .0001 par value...
                                                                                   3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 476,224 shares and 438,163 shares held, respectively
                                                                                   -10,075,000                  
        less: treasury stock at cost; 475,713 shares and 438,163 shares held, respectively
                                                                                    -10,067,000                 
        tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                                     3,593,000 3,509,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,379,000 3,360,000 3,360,000 3,360,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 438,163 shares
                                                                                     -9,466,000                
        receivables from unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                        78,000 106,000 811,000    1,234,000 1,197,000 1,169,000 1,169,000 1,681,000   
        notes receivable from stockholders
                                                                                         -29,000 -29,000 -29,000 -29,000 -30,000 -467,000 -467,000 -467,000 -467,000 -685,000 -769,000 -769,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 438,163 and 434,425 shares, respectively
                                                                                      -9,466,000 -9,466,000              
        long-term debt, related party
                                                                                       12,500,000 12,500,000 12,500,000            
        note receivable from stockholder
                                                                                        -30,000             
        unearned compensation on restricted stock
                                                                                        -4,286,000             
        less: treasury stock at cost; 434,425 shares
                                                                                        -9,433,000 -9,433,000            
        long-term deferred tax liability
                                                                                         903,000 958,000           
        long-term receivables from unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                           1,586,000 1,561,000 1,435,000        
        accounts payable to and advances received from related party
                                                                                             3,012,000        
        preferred stock, .0001 par value (stated at cost), 2,000,000 shares authorized;
                                                                                                     
        series a convertible preferred stock – 20,000 shares designated, none and 20,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                     
        series b convertible preferred stock – 30,000 shares designated, none and 22,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                     
        deferred compensation
                                                                                          -1,015,000 -1,247,000 -1,480,000 -1,712,000 -2,165,000 -2,475,000 -1,260,000 -1,260,000 -1,472,000 -91,000 -85,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 434,425 and 435,845 shares, respectively
                                                                                          -9,433,000 -9,433,000          
        accrued closure costs, net of current portion
                                                                                           3,634,000 3,912,000 3,955,000        
        series a convertible preferred stock–20,000 shares designated, 0 and 20,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                     
        series b convertible preferred stock–30,000 shares designated, 0 and 22,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                     
        less: treasury stock at cost; 435,845 shares
                                                                                            -9,464,000 -9,464,000        
        income tax receivable
                                                                                               1,179,000 1,648,000 1,648,000    
        restricted cash
                                                                                              28,405,000 28,364,000 32,139,000 32,139,000 32,085,000 31,035,000 27,315,000 
        accounts payable to and advances received from related parties
                                                                                              11,744,000       
        income tax payable
                                                                                              731,000       
        commitment and contingencies
                                                                                                     
        series a convertible preferred stock– 20,000 shares designated, issued and outstanding
                                                                                              19,914,000 19,914,000      
        series b convertible preferred stock– 30,000 shares designated, 22,000 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                              21,975,000 21,975,000 21,975,000 21,975,000    
        less: treasury stock at cost; 413,650 shares
                                                                                              -9,397,000 -9,397,000 -9,397,000 -9,397,000    
        accounts payable to related party
                                                                                               237,000      
        series a convertible preferred stock– 20,000 shares designated, 20,000 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                                19,914,000 19,914,000    
        marketable securities
                                                                                                   3,004,000 3,013,000 
        183 at may 31, 2003 and august 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                                  9,724,000   
        deferred tax asset, current portion
                                                                                                  2,490,000 3,917,000 3,869,000 
        deferred tax asset, net of current portion
                                                                                                  13,140,000 10,599,000 10,618,000 
        preferred stock, .0001 par value (at cost), 2,000,000 shares authorized; series a convertible preferred stock—20,000 shares designated, 20,000 shares issued and outstanding at may 31, 2003 and august 31, 2002
                                                                                                  19,914,000   
        less: treasury stock at cost, 413,650 and 498,422 shares at may 31, 2003 and august 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                                  -9,397,000   
        preferred stock, .0001 par value (at cost), 2,000,000 shares authorized; series a convertible preferred stock– 20,000 shares designated, 20,000 shares issued and outstanding at february 28, 2003 and august 31, 2002.
                                                                                                   19,914,000  
        less: treasury stock at cost; 413,650 and 498,422 shares at february 28, 2003 and august 31, 2002, respectively.
                                                                                                   -9,397,000  
        preferred stock, .0001 par value (stated at cost), 2,000,000 shares authorized; series a convertible preferred stock– 20,000 shares designated, 20,000 and 20,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                    19,914,000 
        less: treasury stock at cost; 414,500 and 498,422 shares outstanding, respectively
                                                                                                    -9,416,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-05-31 2026-02-28 2025-11-30 2025-08-31 2025-05-31 2025-02-28 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-31 2024-02-29 2023-11-30 2023-08-31 2023-05-31 2023-02-28 2022-11-30 2022-08-31 2022-05-31 2022-02-28 2021-11-30 2021-08-31 2021-05-31 2021-02-28 2020-11-30 2020-08-31 2020-05-31 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-31 2019-02-28 2018-11-30 2018-08-31 2018-05-31 2018-02-28 2017-11-30 2017-08-31 2017-05-31 2017-02-28 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-05-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-05-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-05-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-08-31 2006-05-31 2006-02-28 2005-11-30 2005-08-31 2005-05-31 2005-02-28 2004-11-30 2004-05-31 2004-02-29 2003-11-30 2003-09-30 2003-05-31 2003-02-28 2002-11-30 
                                                                                                      
          operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          net income
        39,691,000 49,091,000 40,166,000 31,541,000 35,158,000 43,760,000 37,428,000 29,068,000 32,489,000 39,271,000 38,047,000 15,381,000 29,572,000 31,347,000 32,905,000 23,304,000 19,258,000 31,461,000 30,530,000 19,434,000 22,581,000 28,327,000 27,817,000 20,128,000 12,633,000 25,711,000 19,709,000 20,912,000 14,069,000 23,863,000 14,645,000   14,148,000 22,490,000 19,798,000 18,838,000 27,219,000 24,869,000 22,272,000 16,837,000 25,942,000 23,672,000 22,447,000 21,195,000 24,835,000 20,647,000  21,320,000 28,278,000 21,432,000  18,539,000 24,882,000 20,005,000  15,706,000 20,220,000 13,989,000 12,690,000 16,290,000 17,917,000 14,853,000 13,217,000 12,044,000                        -3,663,000 -6,141,000 -6,141,000 -7,412,000 1,617,000 1,593,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          depreciation and amortization
        24,778,000 24,272,000 23,977,000 22,775,000 22,757,000 21,767,000 20,862,000 21,497,000 21,129,000 20,491,000 19,494,000 19,434,000 17,821,000 17,875,000 17,568,000 17,610,000 17,557,000 17,098,000 15,603,000 16,633,000 16,585,000 16,280,000 15,485,000 16,358,000 14,879,000 15,174,000 14,814,000 14,593,000 12,536,000 14,106,000 13,723,000 14,262,000 13,566,000 12,575,000 12,237,000 11,847,000 11,883,000 11,445,000 11,117,000 10,791,000 10,271,000 9,529,000 9,203,000 9,272,000 8,740,000 8,636,000 7,797,000 7,543,000 7,139,000 7,139,000 6,654,000 6,501,000 6,228,000 6,031,000 5,684,000 6,129,000 6,060,000 5,739,000 5,811,000 7,479,000 4,839,000 4,599,000 4,237,000 4,069,000 3,928,000 3,627,000 3,636,000 4,198,000 3,241,000 3,487,000 2,972,000 3,005,000 2,988,000 2,871,000 2,506,000 2,217,000 2,474,000 2,456,000 2,302,000 2,643,000 2,380,000 2,321,000 2,274,000 476,000 3,114,000 2,491,000 3,406,000 3,658,000 3,779,000 3,423,000 3,423,000 3,756,000 3,728,000 3,626,000 
          loss on sale of property and equipment
        292,000 402,000 333,000 888,000 305,000 922,000 352,000 1,296,000 350,000 429,000 93,000 449,000 -2,000 139,000 158,000 384,000 157,000 313,000 411,000 459,000 366,000 132,000 70,000 192,000 112,000 68,000 71,000 344,000 262,000 258,000 215,000 752,000 388,000 40,000 159,000 855,000 364,000 335,000 407,000 763,000 334,000 52,000 13,000 918,000 724,000 391,000 -28,000 699,000 558,000 104,000 84,000 533,000 252,000 49,000 55,000 73,000 87,000 66,000 86,000 187,000 -54,000 300,000 53,000 250,000 237,000   496,000 -29,000   20,000                       
          deferred income taxes
        151,000 -3,547,000 -1,502,000 -3,447,000 604,000 -2,464,000 907,000 -5,080,000 832,000 -1,681,000 1,310,000 -4,860,000 14,000 -1,095,000 358,000 -59,000 -1,117,000 -2,778,000 654,000 -1,105,000 -751,000 -2,795,000 798,000 674,000 -16,000 -2,829,000 -1,234,000 -1,664,000 -1,821,000 -1,232,000 316,000 425,000 -131,000 7,017,000 -349,000 -5,988,000 4,555,000 -2,396,000 984,000 4,097,000 -1,238,000 -454,000 470,000 -416,000 910,000 -129,000 2,607,000 493,000 12,000 1,862,000 -5,000 906,000 112,000 822,000 1,209,000 400,000 -36,000 1,085,000 679,000 -2,265,000 591,000 1,489,000 827,000 1,233,000 488,000 805,000 1,036,000 -1,104,000 -781,000 187,000 -107,000 -2,749,000 1,322,000 -254,000 -217,000 -1,904,000 337,000 534,000 -30,000 -1,196,000 1,405,000 813,000 639,000 -7,570,000 1,437,000 -35,000 283,000 649,000 -216,000 -258,000 -258,000 -1,114,000 -29,000 73,000 
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates
           -19,000 -9,000 17,000 5,000 16,000 -3,000 -16,000 -63,000 -8,000 -10,000 35,000 38,000 4,000 -18,000 14,000 10,000 24,000 13,000 12,000 9,000 16,000 16,000 15,000 48,000 13,000 4,000 20,000 24,000   -5,000 -16,000 -6,000   30,000 13,000 -429,000 54,000     -2,000 -3,000          -7,000 7,000 3,000 37,000 5,000 11,000 6,000 3,000 2,000                            
          gain on sale of joint venture
        -594,000                                                                                            
          stock-based compensation
        5,562,000 4,901,000 5,678,000 5,006,000 4,784,000 4,529,000 4,493,000 4,641,000 4,552,000 4,554,000 3,546,000 3,052,000 2,283,000 7,003,000 4,236,000 4,125,000 4,004,000 4,107,000 4,567,000 5,203,000 4,931,000 4,215,000 4,075,000 3,841,000 3,718,000 2,862,000 3,396,000 2,546,000 3,124,000 3,345,000 6,046,000 2,749,000 2,588,000 2,420,000 2,461,000 2,361,000 2,150,000 2,736,000 2,442,000 2,390,000 2,153,000 2,478,000 2,100,000 1,347,000 1,282,000 1,784,000 1,556,000 1,581,000 1,549,000 1,891,000 1,430,000 1,448,000 1,363,000 1,668,000 1,823,000 1,584,000 1,533,000 1,386,000 966,000 961,000 1,112,000 1,032,000 932,000 949,000 989,000 1,070,000 770,000 818,000 788,000 919,000 773,000 805,000 812,000 578,000 384,000    508,000                
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                      
          receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, non-current assets, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred membership income and other accruals
        -11,375,000 7,133,000 -540,000 24,826,000 -10,668,000 20,608,000 -19,269,000 9,119,000 6,226,000 9,166,000 -28,390,000 22,818,000 1,284,000 9,343,000 -15,856,000 2,348,000 3,370,000 7,605,000 -27,108,000 6,950,000 -4,009,000 19,063,000 -8,907,000 -2,883,000 -4,868,000 14,473,000 -9,762,000 13,293,000 2,085,000 5,783,000 -6,200,000  -2,741,000 12,963,000 -7,049,000  -1,490,000                                                          
          merchandise inventories
        90,000 -4,294,000 -58,118,000 -7,607,000 -3,436,000 36,163,000 -57,172,000 -12,214,000 -14,172,000 27,606,000 -58,491,000 -32,004,000 6,521,000 60,959,000 -45,649,000 -3,449,000 9,351,000 30,454,000 -111,062,000 -53,066,000 2,592,000 33,941,000 -63,669,000 -40,747,000 54,260,000 65,050,000 -56,799,000 -4,549,000 8,175,000 45,180,000 -59,054,000 5,175,000 -11,389,000 57,602,000 -61,467,000 -31,529,000 17,567,000 30,005,000 -44,082,000 -29,129,000 6,323,000 62,522,000 -55,448,000 -991,000 15,072,000 42,152,000 -97,025,000 4,310,000 5,778,000 62,250,000 -81,308,000 3,510,000 -1,469,000 20,524,000 -38,935,000 -20,780,000 -357,000 39,688,000 -42,362,000  -15,995,000 17,663,000 -38,165,000 1,869,000 -8,982,000 23,313,000 -31,549,000 -2,851,000 7,763,000 13,551,000 -20,410,000                        
          accounts payable
        -265,000 -15,917,000 61,845,000 8,234,000 3,282,000 -37,449,000 50,924,000 -6,498,000 -13,313,000 -13,254,000 65,557,000 35,541,000 10,514,000 -39,323,000 36,689,000 13,198,000 19,671,000 -82,865,000 73,054,000 52,739,000 7,944,000 -51,696,000 6,539,000 87,538,000 4,330,000 -47,563,000 45,880,000 11,913,000 -1,827,000 -40,746,000 55,985,000 -9,081,000 10,661,000 -39,441,000 21,372,000 36,169,000 -32,008,000 -13,711,000 12,894,000 22,571,000 6,373,000 -38,033,000 32,291,000 1,420,000 6,972,000 -49,443,000 57,474,000 25,054,000 2,665,000 -34,332,000 34,413,000 24,388,000 -24,282,000 -4,657,000 27,631,000 8,440,000 -2,661,000 -12,434,000 16,421,000 25,675,000 -4,811,000 -1,248,000 19,414,000 10,903,000 401,000 -183,000 11,868,000  -10,421,000 -5,536,000 11,847,000  -8,963,000 475,000 18,151,000  -4,766,000 -3,359,000 9,960,000  2,863,000 -10,689,000 12,403,000      -2,611,000 -816,000 -816,000 -468,000 -34,154,000 35,035,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        58,924,000 62,041,000 71,245,000 82,147,000 52,775,000 87,855,000 38,530,000 41,835,000 38,088,000 86,568,000 41,098,000 72,650,000 68,000,000 86,218,000 30,463,000 57,518,000 72,231,000 5,419,000 -13,339,000 47,199,000 50,240,000 47,500,000 -17,773,000 85,138,000 85,065,000 72,961,000 16,104,000 57,380,000 36,652,000 50,593,000 25,707,000 28,689,000 31,686,000 69,242,000 -10,163,000 36,577,000 21,835,000 62,387,000 2,057,000 27,694,000 42,588,000 67,698,000 1,882,000 44,765,000 53,794,000 25,810,000 -13,866,000 61,082,000 40,483,000 73,352,000 -37,642,000 63,697,000 5,819,000 53,199,000 7,918,000 13,908,000 28,366,000 59,992,000 -12,377,000 36,817,000 1,117,000 43,546,000 -5,881,000 31,906,000 10,693,000 44,072,000 -3,642,000 17,666,000 7,892,000 27,580,000 2,220,000 20,339,000 7,968,000 15,135,000 276,000 17,308,000 -1,155,000 18,259,000 -2,594,000 2,209,000 13,117,000 9,055,000 268,000            
          capital expenditures
        -55,728,000 -49,735,000 -38,611,000 -56,548,000 -38,774,000 -34,631,000 -28,181,000 -26,672,000 -38,396,000 -70,177,000 -33,300,000 -45,954,000 -43,541,000 -29,072,000 -23,944,000 -22,098,000 -38,094,000 -30,739,000 -29,729,000 -39,824,000 -26,180,000 -25,999,000 -21,171,000 -10,607,000 -18,895,000 -33,236,000 -37,582,000 -53,652,000 -23,754,000 -26,982,000 -35,673,000 -23,321,000 -28,555,000 -26,481,000 -19,752,000 -35,753,000 -12,521,000 -70,047,000 -16,973,000 -26,238,000 -19,285,000 -14,469,000 -17,708,000 -26,144,000 -20,881,000 -15,828,000 -26,332,000 -35,327,000 -24,678,000 -39,808,000 -18,288,000 -20,692,000 -10,559,000 -24,013,000 -14,663,000 -16,936,000 -14,007,000 -13,482,000 -8,280,000 -13,175,000 -14,199,000 -12,045,000 -11,518,000 -18,019,000 -8,625,000 -13,752,000 -12,010,000 -12,267,000 -11,318,000 -3,118,000 -4,098,000 -6,618,000 -9,737,000 -8,576,000 -14,765,000 -1,780,000 -5,792,000 -5,842,000 -6,292,000 -3,992,000 -16,505,000            
          free cash flows
        3,196,000 12,306,000 32,634,000 25,599,000 14,001,000 53,224,000 10,349,000 15,163,000 -308,000 16,391,000 7,798,000 26,696,000 24,459,000 57,146,000 6,519,000 35,420,000 34,137,000 -25,320,000 -43,068,000 7,375,000 24,060,000 21,501,000 -38,944,000 74,531,000 66,170,000 39,725,000 -21,478,000 3,728,000 12,898,000 23,611,000 -9,966,000 5,368,000 3,131,000 42,761,000 -29,915,000 824,000 9,314,000 -7,660,000 -14,916,000 1,456,000 23,303,000 53,229,000 -15,826,000 18,621,000 32,913,000 9,982,000 -40,198,000 25,755,000 15,805,000 33,544,000 -55,930,000 43,005,000 -4,740,000 29,186,000 -6,745,000 -3,028,000 14,359,000 46,510,000 -20,657,000 36,817,000 -12,058,000 43,546,000 -20,080,000 19,861,000 -825,000 26,053,000 -12,267,000 3,914,000 -4,118,000 15,313,000 -9,098,000 17,221,000 3,870,000 8,517,000 -9,461,000 8,732,000 -15,920,000 16,479,000 -8,386,000 -3,633,000 6,825,000 5,063,000 -16,237,000            
          investing activities:
                                                                                                      
          additions to property and equipment
        -55,728,000 -49,735,000 -38,611,000 -56,548,000 -38,774,000 -34,631,000 -28,181,000 -26,672,000 -38,396,000 -70,177,000 -33,300,000 -45,954,000 -43,541,000 -29,072,000 -23,944,000 -22,098,000 -38,094,000 -30,739,000 -29,729,000 -39,824,000 -26,180,000 -25,999,000 -21,171,000 -10,607,000 -18,895,000 -33,236,000 -37,582,000 -53,652,000 -23,754,000 -26,982,000 -35,673,000 -23,321,000 -28,555,000 -26,481,000 -19,752,000 -35,753,000 -12,521,000 -70,047,000 -16,973,000 -26,238,000 -19,285,000 -14,469,000 -17,708,000 -26,144,000 -20,881,000 -15,828,000 -26,332,000 -35,327,000 -24,678,000 -39,808,000 -18,288,000 -20,692,000 -10,559,000 -24,013,000 -14,663,000 -16,936,000 -14,007,000 -13,482,000 -8,280,000  -13,175,000   -12,045,000 -11,518,000 -18,019,000 -8,625,000 -13,752,000 -12,010,000 -12,267,000 -11,318,000 -3,118,000 -4,098,000 -6,618,000 -9,737,000 -8,576,000 -14,765,000 -1,780,000 -5,792,000 -5,842,000 -6,292,000 -3,992,000 -16,505,000 -3,694,000 -1,183,000 -982,000 -4,896,000 -891,000 -478,000 -2,014,000 -2,014,000 -7,455,000 -4,092,000 -8,739,000 
          purchases of short-term investments
        -13,541,000 -64,929,000 -66,675,000 -7,308,000 -4,007,000 -29,935,000 -38,313,000 -49,584,000 -35,275,000 -43,629,000 -55,204,000 -15,467,000 -75,817,000   -27,000 -4,784,000 -13,348,000 -4,310,000 -11,105,000 -7,041,000 -19,193,000 -32,121,000 -17,918,000 -11,204,000                                                                      
          proceeds from settlements of short-term investments
        49,464,000 29,391,000 25,662,000 28,595,000 26,508,000 14,163,000 37,147,000 49,663,000 28,519,000 38,614,000 58,331,000 37,010,000 17,541,000 2,071,000 2,230,000 8,675,000 11,983,000 25,587,000 15,488,000 27,923,000 21,447,000 11,725,000 4,433,000 11,291,000 1,832,000 4,993,000 2,066,000 1,042,000 11,609,000 5,470,000 12,406,000                                                                
          purchases of long-term investments
        26,000 -14,000 -11,882,000                 1,000 -2,000 1,000 -1,478,000 4,000 -11,000                                                                      
          proceeds from dissolution of investment in joint venture
        1,057,000                                                                                            
          proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
        103,000 6,176,000 182,000 2,168,000 -7,000 201,000 41,000 522,000 1,037,000 44,000 57,000 143,000 81,000 -84,000 221,000 96,000 20,000 21,000 56,000 276,000 59,000 23,000 27,000 -4,000 21,000 10,000 13,000 -83,000 53,000 11,000 93,000 536,000 39,000 34,000 20,000 42,000 154,000 73,000 108,000 -10,000 -33,000 11,000 118,000 301,000 27,000 1,000 39,000 64,000 36,000 20,000 22,000 194,000 9,000 16,000 45,000 52,000 49,000 23,000 14,000 145,000 -105,000 138,000 4,000 197,000 36,000 -11,000 60,000 90,000 60,000                          
          net cash from investing activities
        -19,676,000 -79,111,000 -90,267,000 -33,093,000 -16,280,000 -50,202,000 -29,306,000 -26,071,000 -44,115,000 -75,148,000 -30,116,000 -24,268,000 -101,736,000 -74,585,000 -21,493,000 -13,352,000 -30,873,000 -18,481,000 -12,050,000 -22,730,000 -11,715,000 -31,966,000 -50,310,000 -17,234,000 -28,257,000 -40,034,000 -45,687,000 -53,733,000 -17,154,000 -24,453,000 -29,364,000 -55,489,000 -52,111,000 -26,447,000 -19,732,000 -35,711,000 -12,367,000 -69,774,000 -17,365,000 -26,248,000 -19,685,000 -14,533,000 -17,709,000  -19,603,000 -14,312,000 -29,516,000              -5,874,000 -7,298,000 -14,195,000    -8,665,000      -3,991,000 -17,313,000 -17,029,000  -14,703,000 -1,740,000 -5,731,000  -6,881,000 -2,576,000 -18,399,000            
          financing activities:
                                                                                                      
          proceeds from long-term bank borrowings
           87,489,000 5,441,000   1,000 5,000,000 13,798,000 19,914,000 453,000 25,976,000 4,204,000 14,565,000   62,000 12,000,000 20,820,000 25,000,000     15,000,000   12,000,000   7,000,000 7,370,000                                                    
          repayment of long-term bank borrowings
        -4,508,000 -17,215,000 -6,144,000 -4,630,000 -4,444,000 -8,355,000 -19,943,000 -4,887,000 -5,050,000 -11,534,000 -4,849,000 -4,577,000 -14,413,000 -11,881,000 -5,113,000 -4,893,000 -6,835,000 -4,843,000 -6,126,000 -6,858,000 -4,668,000 -4,570,000 -3,897,000 -7,622,000 -2,234,000 -2,472,000 -2,836,000 -3,430,000 -3,164,000 -2,882,000 -3,463,000 -3,157,000 -5,781,000 -15,596,000 -7,554,000 -18,386,000 -3,778,000 -3,543,000 -3,688,000 -6,334,000 -3,444,000 -3,402,000 -3,345,000                                                    
          proceeds from short-term bank borrowings
        -536,000 552,000 3,429,000 -4,649,000 3,390,000 7,050,000 524,000 -1,501,000   1,160,000 -2,308,000 2,855,000 -917,000 1,218,000 1,516,000 2,134,000 10,138,000 10,041,000     180,995,000 8,817,000 81,202,000 13,223,000    -241,000 24,844,000 40,294,000 16,954,000   681,000 10,098,000 13,179,000 3,395,000 2,255,000                                                    
          repayment of short-term bank borrowings
        -4,258,000 -8,366,000 -1,914,000 -318,000 -2,093,000 -848,000    -4,651,000 -2,017,000 -4,488,000 -67,000 -23,000,000 -24,221,000 -17,695,000 -5,551,000 -113,543,000 -28,244,000 -65,581,000 -7,835,000    -93,000 -24,510,000 -42,552,000 -14,696,000 -7,168,000 -5,856,000 -4,155,000 -4,100,000 -3,010,000 -5,322,000 -6,882,000                                                    
          cash dividend payments
          -19,357,000   -17,725,000 -30,656,000   -14,250,000 -30,000   -13,284,000   -10,880,000 -87,000   -10,716,000   -10,668,000 -1,000   -10,595,000   -10,644,000   -10,645,000   -10,562,000   -10,574,000   -9,068,000   -9,060,000      -7,462,000   -7,415,000 -7,392,000 -4,744,000    -4,678,000 4,000                   
          purchase of treasury stock
        -113,000 -3,733,000 -5,069,000 -853,000 -105,000 -2,460,000 -3,292,000 -1,634,000 -114,000 -1,766,000 -69,972,000 -6,870,000 -174,000 -4,519,000 -1,300,000  -213,000 -1,351,000 -2,433,000  -335,000 -1,713,000 -526,000    -461,000         -1,182,000 -70,000   -1,317,000 -61,000   -177,000 -59,000   -172,000 -53,000   -181,000 -51,000   -141,000 -174,000 -2,842,000 3,000  -91,000            -63,000   -8,000   30,000               
          net cash from financing activities
        15,680,000 -46,281,000 -16,150,000 56,086,000 -1,159,000 -23,141,000 -17,588,000 -25,747,000 -31,936,000 -17,834,000 -74,509,000 -28,004,000 -9,991,000 -17,779,000 14,719,000 -23,574,000 -6,478,000 16,645,000 1,198,000 -6,181,000 -28,142,000 -38,616,000 -22,198,000 -25,945,000 77,086,000 -12,921,000 37,343,000 -10,408,000 -1,714,000 -16,337,000 -3,496,000 -15,428,000 9,470,000 -16,563,000 -5,296,000 -30,007,000 1,884,000 13,480,000 -7,162,000 -5,267,000 6,685,000 -17,276,000 -602,000 3,146,000 -7,391,000 -10,581,000 24,791,000 -12,888,000 32,431,000 -28,485,000 10,818,000 -7,866,000 -4,738,000 -11,260,000 2,058,000 -12,362,000 31,000 -14,385,000 1,634,000  545,000 -13,257,000 -4,871,000 -3,841,000 -3,343,000 -1,513,000 7,562,000 166,000 10,513,000 -10,097,000 -4,706,000 4,555,000 -3,237,000 7,383,000 4,879,000 12,176,000 -5,680,000 2,751,000 -16,528,000 -12,489,000 -6,852,000 18,260,000 11,782,000            
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
        4,607,000 8,881,000 -562,000 -2,968,000 2,279,000 -5,469,000 8,514,000 5,952,000 -4,270,000 2,101,000 -1,787,000 -4,548,000 -453,000 5,010,000 6,626,000 8,064,000 -7,076,000 -1,270,000 1,312,000 -1,249,000 278,000 -1,534,000 -1,095,000 -4,212,000 -4,639,000 1,650,000 1,117,000 -986,000 -1,878,000 -112,000 -1,375,000  157,000 -3,163,000 2,021,000                                                            
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        59,535,000                                  -33,170,000                                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        285,291,000 136,311,000 252,202,000 251,373,000 215,479,000 303,771,000 106,236,000 96,914,000  165,712,000                                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        59,535,000 -54,470,000 249,557,000 102,172,000 37,615,000 9,043,000 136,461,000 -4,031,000 -42,233,000 -4,313,000 186,888,000 15,830,000 -44,180,000 -1,136,000 281,688,000 28,656,000 27,804,000 2,313,000 192,600,000 17,039,000 10,661,000 -24,616,000 212,395,000 37,747,000 129,255,000 21,656,000 115,113,000 -7,747,000 15,906,000 9,691,000 88,386,000  -10,798,000 23,069,000 132,542,000                                                            
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                      
          capital expenditures accrued, but not yet paid
        588,000 680,000 3,552,000 -372,000 -1,926,000 -1,896,000 4,962,000 1,257,000 -2,561,000 -2,237,000 8,312,000 478,000 115,000 -669,000 4,606,000 1,673,000 -6,913,000 2,597,000 5,772,000 -5,266,000 -2,766,000 2,379,000 9,150,000 2,588,000 -2,382,000                                                                      
          dividends declared but not yet paid
                 -30,000                                                                                
          finance right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
        12,192,000                                                                                              
          operating right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
        1,655,000                                                                                              
          allowance for credit losses
                                                                                                      
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents
          -35,734,000 102,172,000 37,615,000 9,043,000 150,000   -4,313,000 -65,314,000 15,830,000 -44,180,000 -1,136,000 30,315,000 28,656,000    17,039,000 10,661,000 -24,616,000 -91,376,000 37,747,000 129,255,000 21,656,000 8,877,000 -7,747,000 15,906,000 9,691,000 -8,528,000 -47,899,000 -10,798,000                                                              
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing activities:
                                                                                                      
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
          7,910,000                                                                                            
          reserve for amt settlement
                                                                                                      
          asset impairment and closure costs
                                                                         -51,000 -50,000 175,000     819,000 68,000   1,662,000    2,593,000           
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                                                                      
          interest
                                                                                                      
          income taxes
                                              13,704,000 11,941,000 12,596,000 14,465,000 12,236,000  11,371,000 10,555,000 11,657,000  10,982,000 7,110,000 15,216,000  9,643,000 8,724,000 9,366,000                  518,000 2,429,000 4,540,000  2,272,000 2,031,000 3,328,000  51,000 355,000 664,000 -128,000 792,000 482,000 576,000 424,000 635,000 789,000 789,000 473,000 426,000 275,000 
          allowance for doubtful accounts
                -2,000 2,000 -5,000 10,000 3,000 -65,000 16,000 53,000 -2,000 10,000 2,000 -72,000 -12,000 21,000 10,000 21,000 1,000 -19,000 -21,000 45,000 16,000 7,000 -394,000       7,000      -3,000    -1,000 7,000 -5,000    -3,000 -1,000  -3,000 -1,000 2,000 9,000 -2,000 -2,000 -3,000   -2,000 615,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 -202,000 29,000 -19,000 4,000 104,000 -82,000 -18,000 -8,000 -26,000 -22,000 200,000 1,097,000 -133,000 -2,000 74,000 74,000 89,000 -73,000 -22,000 
          proceeds from settlements of long-term investments
                       2,000 2,000 -2,000 1,486,000 -1,000 2,000                                                                          
          proceeds from the disposal of aeropost, net of divested cash
                       4,959,000                                                                            
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents
                         2,313,000 -22,879,000                                                                            
          other financing activities
                           27,000 -52,000 -91,000 -80,000 -52,000 72,000 -111,000 19,000 -239,000 27,000                                                                  
          purchase of treasury stock for tax withholding on stock compensation
                               -2,066,000 -204,000   -1,459,000 -728,000   -1,267,000 -83,000                                                              
          business acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                         271,000 204,000         78,000     40,000 97,000 7,000 37,000 135,000 355,000 346,000 329,000 135,000   120,000 468,000 333,000 3,453,000 309,000 53,000 134,000 217,000 161,000 98,000 21,000 11,000 5,000     33,000 97,000 
          interest, net of amounts capitalized
                                              1,620,000 912,000 1,155,000 1,511,000 1,325,000  1,636,000 1,715,000 1,040,000  615,000 834,000 1,059,000  -345,000 1,062,000 1,295,000                  100,000 216,000 104,000  200,000 56,000 502,000  2,317,000 1,894,000 1,767,000 -119,000 2,167,000 1,152,000 2,250,000 2,296,000 2,706,000 2,642,000 2,642,000 3,456,000 1,963,000 2,787,000 
          short-term investments
                                  -10,184,000 -1,040,000 -5,062,000 -2,952,000 -6,190,000                                                                
          capital expenditures incurred but not yet paid
                                  10,282,000                                                                    
          deposits for land purchase option agreements
                                       -400,000    200,000 -500,000 -367,000   192,000 1,251,000 1,675,000 -2,023,000                                              
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                                      
          dividends declared but not paid
                                                      -9,064,000 18,129,000                  -4,640,000    -4,793,000                  
          apportionment attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                      -33,000                                                                
          receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred membership income and other accruals
                                              -6,574,000 -6,067,000 1,543,000 6,649,000 -10,473,000                                                    
          capital contributions to joint ventures
                                                                                                    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                                                                                                      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
                                                                                                      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
                                                                                                      
          net income attributable to pricesmart, inc.
                                                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to pricesmart, inc. to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation
                                           66,000 -18,000   -31,000 -21,000    237,000    128,000                 -115,000 -62,000                            
          proceeds from the settlement of derivatives
                                                                                                      
          repayment of long-term debt with cross-currency interest rate swaps
                                                                                                      
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                           -447,000 -1,236,000 495,000 -1,650,000 727,000 20,000 -2,887,000 -637,000 -10,781,000 -450,000 -887,000 706,000 408,000 150,000 -5,368,000 442,000 -4,268,000 675,000 -1,090,000 -1,706,000 1,643,000 -295,000 375,000 468,000    55,000 2,038,000 -24,000 -188,000 -409,000 -1,816,000 602,000 770,000 33,000 312,000 -545,000 1,438,000 -922,000 -471,000 -333,000 -1,090,000 119,000 1,105,000 1,192,000 -1,126,000 546,000 888,000 1,321,000 -2,029,000 335,000 -390,000 -1,951,000 -1,103,000 -1,103,000 -1,379,000 -3,924,000 -1,302,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                                                                                                      
          investment in joint ventures
                                                -119,000  -160,000 -1,200,000                                                
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                            10,116,000 6,588,000 -24,120,000 -3,094,000 29,608,000 33,002,000 -17,066,000 11,479,000 26,350,000 30,000 -17,885,000 13,339,000 48,422,000 -1,889,000 -44,648,000 29,466,000 -8,794,000 16,852,000 -6,898,000 -13,695,000 14,144,000 32,523,000 -18,541,000 10,971,000 -4,813,000 22,205,000 -24,892,000 18,255,000 -7,956,000           20,511,000 -21,887,000   -8,538,000 576,000 23,613,000 -5,803,000   44,952,000 -21,705,000  1,132,000 1,147,000 1,147,000  -11,752,000 511,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                            199,522,000 157,072,000  137,098,000  121,874,000  91,248,000  76,817,000    73,346,000  44,193,000  48,121,000  32,065,000  39,995,000  30,147,000  34,410,000 17,722,000 17,722,000 25,244,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                            10,116,000 6,588,000 175,402,000 -3,094,000 29,608,000 33,002,000 140,006,000  26,350,000 30,000 119,213,000  48,422,000 -1,889,000 77,226,000  -8,794,000 16,852,000 84,350,000  14,144,000 32,523,000 58,276,000    48,454,000  -7,956,000 24,008,000 39,039,000  9,147,000 5,196,000 24,692,000  195,000 6,643,000 19,269,000  -21,887,000 18,180,000 15,261,000  576,000 23,613,000 24,344,000  -27,388,000 44,952,000 12,705,000 -10,442,000 1,132,000 18,869,000 18,869,000 2,330,000 -11,752,000 25,755,000 
          release of restricted cash
                                                                                                    
          excess tax (benefit)/deficiency on stock-based compensation
                                                                                                      
          net cash flows from investing activities
                                                       -35,263,000 -24,642,000 -41,388,000 -18,266,000 -22,097,000 -10,550,000 -23,997,000 -15,168,000 -16,884,000 -13,958,000 -13,459,000 -8,266,000         -10,858,000  -13,057,000 -20,976,000             -3,694,000 -1,183,000 -982,000 -4,896,000 4,109,000   -2,014,000 -5,440,000 -8,592,000 -13,239,000 
          release of/(addition to) restricted cash
                                                                                                      
          excess tax (deficiency)/benefit on stock-based compensation
                                                                                                      
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                    
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                      
          equity in (gains) of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                    -70,000 -16,000 -6,000                                                
          change in receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred membership income and other accruals
                                                    -1,265,000 -948,000 -6,888,000  1,593,000 7,506,000 -20,345,000  5,520,000 4,705,000 -9,558,000 1,043,000 8,080,000 4,888,000 -8,343,000  111,000 2,422,000 -7,813,000 -549,000 1,529,000                              
          proceeds from bank borrowings
                                                    4,030,000 6,031,000 35,416,000 4,208,000   13,000,000 -1,000 1,000 3,979,000 4,226,000 25,875,000 45,823,000 5,195,000 14,602,000 12,513,000 12,951,000 9,444,000 9,377,000 12,501,000 13,582,000 11,137,000 6,981,000 14,741,000 7,260,000 10,000,000 6,233,000 33,000 9,547,000 9,529,000 154,000 4,072,000 667,000 -39,000 76,000 4,532,000 10,090,000 350,000 44,151,000 28,764,000 7,058,000 23,906,000 23,906,000 19,347,000 23,208,000 24,495,000 
          repayment of bank borrowings
                                                    -11,125,000 -6,033,000 -10,625,000 -6,366,000 -5,378,000 -1,830,000 -10,182,000 -1,829,000 -2,060,000 -1,836,000 -1,921,000 -3,862,000 -4,120,000 -21,085,000 -38,192,000  -7,081,000 -15,267,000 -9,828,000 -5,803,000 -6,570,000 -6,122,000 -6,427,000 -4,028,000 -6,034,000 -6,801,000 -7,063,000  -4,612,000 -758,000 -238,000    -17,262,000    -2,500,000    -62,412,000 -37,842,000 -17,666,000 -23,001,000 -23,001,000 -11,069,000 -21,588,000 -16,469,000 
          supplemental non-cash item:
                                                                                                      
          net income including noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                      
          discontinued operations
                                                                2,000 -3,000 7,000 -75,000 247,000 -77,000 -9,000 24,000 4,000                              
          excess tax (benefit) deficiency on stock-based compensation
                                                                                                      
          net cash from continuing operating activities
                                                           63,697,000 5,819,000 53,199,000 7,918,000 13,891,000 28,334,000 59,994,000 -12,754,000 36,852,000 1,086,000 43,251,000 -5,663,000 32,014,000 10,865,000 43,898,000 -3,782,000 17,416,000 8,090,000                          
          net cash from discontinued operating activities
                                                               17,000 32,000 -2,000 377,000 -35,000 31,000 295,000 -218,000 -108,000 -172,000 174,000 140,000 250,000 -198,000                          
          release of (addition to) restricted cash
                                                          8,000,000 3,148,000 -3,148,000   -8,000,000 -6,000,000             -31,000 -32,000                      
          excess tax (deficiency) benefit on stock-based compensation
                                                           65,000 442,000   701,000 99,000      -1,000     159,000                           
          excess tax (benefit) on stock-based compensation
                                                        -128,000                                              
          equity in gains of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                          -4,000  -6,000 4,000 4,000  19,000                                      
          capital contribution to joint ventures
                                                                                                      
          gain on sale of excess real estate in panama
                                                                                                      
          proceeds on sale of excess real estate in panama
                                                                                                     
          excess tax deficiency (benefit) on stock-based compensation
                                                            -442,000    -99,000      1,000     -159,000                           
          cancellation of joint ventures prico enterprise loan
                                                                                                      
          capital contribution to costa rica joint venture
                                                             -300,000                                       
          capital contribution to panama joint venture
                                                             -250,000         -333,000 -100,000                            
          purchase of 5% trinidad noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                     
          pricesmart, inc.consolidated statements of cash flows - continued
                                                                                                      
          stockholder contribution
                                                                                                    
          gain on guatemala plaza lease buyout
                                                                                                      
          cash paid for guatemala plaza lease buyout
                                                                                                      
          release of cash from escrow account due to settlement of litigation
                                                                                                      
          collection of note receivable from sale of closed warehouse club in the dominican republic
                                                                                                      
          purchase of interest in costa rica joint venture
                                                                           -2,000                           
          purchase of interest in panama joint venture
                                                                                                     
          net cash from continuing investing activities
                                                                      -14,195,000 -11,848,000 -15,282,000 -18,363,000 -8,665,000 -10,858,000 -9,851,000                          
          net cash from provided by discontinued investing activities
                                                                                                      
          purchase of treasury stock - excluding psc settlement
                                                                          -1,000                            
          purchase of treasury stock- psc settlement
                                                                                                      
          addition to restricted cash
                                                                    -6,920,000 -8,000,000                                
          excess tax benefit (deficiency) on stock-based compensation
                                                                                                      
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash equivalents
                                                                    -601,000                                  
          cash and cash equivalents at the end of year
                                                                    -4,813,000                                  
          purchases of property and equipment
                                                                      -14,199,000                                
          net cash from discontinued investing activities
                                                                                                     
          release from escrow account due to settlement of litigation
                                                                                                      
          deposits to escrow account for land acquisitions
                                                                               -4,000 -9,000                      
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                            -2,856,000 -71,000 -11,842,000                    
          proceeds from sale of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                2,000,000                    
          purchase of nicaragua minority interest
                                                                                                    
          purchase of aruba noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                      
          excess tax deficiency on stock-based compensation
                                                                                                      
          purchase of interest in costa rica joint ventures
                                                                                                      
          capital contribution to costa rica joint ventures
                                                                                                      
          restricted cash
                                                                                  -89,000 -171,000 -101,000 82,000 -151,000 -39,000 -107,000 155,000 185,000 -499,000 11,007,000 243,000 6,350,000 -41,000 3,775,000 -10,000 -10,000 -1,050,000 -3,720,000 -5,397,000 
          purchase of treasury stock for psc settlement
                                                                            -161,000                        
          purchase of treasury shares
                                                                        -62,000    -37,000                          
          additions to restricted cash
                                                                                                      
          income from continuing operations
                                                                          10,421,000 10,251,000 8,628,000 12,751,000 10,717,000 11,466,000 10,579,000 9,489,000 6,676,000 -2,993,000 5,205,000 6,517,000 4,054,000 361,000 3,125,000 3,347,000 1,351,000            
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          (gain) loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                                          -4,000    8,000                        
          change in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred membership income and other accrued expenses
                                                                          102,000                            
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                          -5,154,000  9,147,000 5,196,000 -23,429,000  195,000 6,643,000 -12,796,000    -24,734,000                
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          provision for settlement of litigation
                                                                                -2,738,000                      
          minority interest
                                                                           54,000 61,000 84,000 66,000 126,000 78,000 160,000 130,000 139,000 75,000 128,000 134,000 93,000 88,000 129,000 44,000 -164,000 -568,000 114,000 52,000 -2,601,000 -497,000 -512,000 -512,000 -838,000 118,000 23,000 
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, including impairment charges of 2.6 million in 2007
                                                                                                      
          change in accounts receivable, prepaid, other current assets, accrued salaries, deferred membership and other accruals
                                                                                                      
          accounts payable and accounts payable to and advances received from related party
                                                                                                      
          collection (issuance) of note receivable from sale of closed warehouse club in the dominican republic
                                                                                                      
          purchase of aruba minority interest
                                                                                                      
          release from (deposit to) escrow account due to settlement of litigation
                                                                                                      
          loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                                      
          change in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, other current assets, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred membership and other accruals
                                                                            -1,698,000 1,891,000 -3,678,000                        
          benefit from settlement of litigation
                                                                                                      
          net cash flows used in investing activities
                                                                                                 -2,014,000     
          deposit to escrow account due to settlement of litigation
                                                                                6,050,000                      
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                             7,000 5,000                        
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                             -141,000 -2,000  -98,000 856,000 4,000    84,000                
          purchase of investment in nicaragua minority interest
                                                                                                      
          purchase of investment in costa rica minority interest
                                                                                                      
          capital contribution to costa rica minority interest
                                                                                                      
          purchase of investment in panama minority interest
                                                                                                      
          (additions to) release of restricted cash
                                                                                                      
          net cash from continuing activities
                                                                              2,364,000 20,093,000 8,026,000 15,087,000 405,000 17,002,000 -1,025,000 18,312,000 -2,667,000 3,837,000 12,927,000 8,260,000 530,000            
          net cash from discontinued activities
                                                                              -144,000 246,000 -58,000 48,000 -129,000 306,000 -130,000 -53,000 73,000 -1,628,000 190,000 795,000 -262,000            
          proceeds from disoposal of property and equipment
                                                                              4,000                        
          purchase of costa rica minority interest
                                                                              -2,241,000                        
          purchase of panama minority interest
                                                                              -4,616,000                        
          adjustments to reconcile income from continued operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          reserve for settlement of pending litigation
                                                                                                      
          cancellation of note receivable from stockholder
                                                                                               114,000 114,000    
          mark to market of shareholder note receivable
                                                                                                      
          tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                                                    33,000                  
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate, including impairment charges of 2.6 million in 2007
                                                                                                      
          sale of land
                                                                                                      
          proceeds from disposition of property and equipment
                                                                                                      
          purchase of jamaica minority interest
                                                                                       -676,000 -1,726,000            
          purchase of trinidad minority interest
                                                                                                    
          return of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                                    
          repayment of bank borrowings, net of proceeds from warrant exercise in 2006
                                                                                                      
          issuance of common stock in connection with rights offering
                                                                                                      
          proceeds from related party borrowings
                                                                                                      
          repayment of related party borrowings
                                                                                                      
          issuance of common stock
                                                                                       1,500,000     5,000,000 5,000,000    
          repayment of notes receivable from stockholders
                                                                                                      
          closure costs
                                                                                  19,000    191,000   166,000 -53,000   211,000 367,000        
          loss of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                    99,000 98,000 85,000  12,000              
          change in accounts receivable, prepaids, other current assets, accrued salaries, deferred membership and other accruals
                                                                                -41,000 -7,014,000 -2,289,000  1,180,000 1,360,000 -3,559,000 4,084,000 340,000 1,766,000 -1,083,000 6,312,000 -1,286,000 2,607,000 -1,819,000 -106,000 -230,000 2,403,000 2,403,000 -3,782,000 5,916,000 -7,330,000 
          merchandise inventory
                                                                                -2,861,000 11,571,000 -24,893,000  -6,102,000 9,622,000 -16,298,000  2,123,000 9,932,000 -15,438,000  4,652,000 16,525,000 -23,817,000 1,777,000 13,292,000 -458,000 -458,000 9,852,000 23,657,000 -24,692,000 
          sale of property and equipment
                                                                                58,000 325,000 2,514,000   2,000 22,000                
          dividends paid
                                                                                -4,785,000                      
          psc settlement expenses
                                                                                                      
          acquisition of land and permanent easement related to psc settlement
                                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
                                                                                                      
          gain on sale of property and equipment
                                                                                 -9,000 -67,000  -2,000 13,000 -18,000                
          adjustments to reconcile income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          loss from disposition of property and equipment
                                                                                                      
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate, including impairment charges of 2.6 million and 1.1 million in 2007 and 2005, respectively
                                                                                                      
          repayment of bank borrowings, net of proceeds from warrant exercise in 2006 and 2005
                                                                                                      
          issuance costs of common stock
                                                                                           -32,000 -67,000 -452,000 -212,000        
          mark to market of stockholder note receivable
                                                                                           1,000 3,000        
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                    378,000                  
          proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
                                                                                                      
          repayment of bank borrowings, net of proceeds from warrant exercise
                                                                                    -1,420,000   -381,000 -6,896,000   7,383,000 -42,728,000          
          issuance of common stock in connection with the rights offering
                                                                                        -7,000             
          proceeds from related party borrowing
                                                                                        12,500,000            
          repayment on note receivable from stockholder and reacquisition of common stock
                                                                                                      
          issuance of common stock for warrant exercise
                                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities related to the financial program:
                                                                                                      
          issuance of common stock for:
                                                                                                      
          warrant exercise
                                                                                        1,400,000          
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate, including impairment charges of 1.1 million and 3.1 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively
                                                                                                      
          advance received for sale of property
                                                                                                      
          repayment of notes receivable and reacquisition of common stock
                                                                                                      
          issuance costs of series b preferred stock
                                                                                               -8,000 -8,000    
          compensation expense
                                                                                        614,000              
          repayment of related party borrowing
                                                                                                      
          series a preferred stock and accrued dividend
                                                                                           22,231,000        
          series b preferred stock
                                                                                           22,000,000        
          bridge loan and accrued interest
                                                                                           25,318,000        
          advance payment on real estate and accrued interest
                                                                                           5,192,000        
          purchase order financing and accrued interest
                                                                                           15,586,000        
          issuance costs on preferred stock converted to additional paid-in capital
                                                                                            -111,000        
          accrued dividends on series b preferred stock converted to additional paid-in capital
                                                                                           2,298,000        
          issuance of common stock for purchase of guatemala minority interest
                                                                                                     
          contributed capital from significant stockholders for purchase of guatemala minority interest
                                                                                                     
          deemed dividend on exchange of common stock for preferred stock
                                                                                                      
          income of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                          -36,000            
          compensation expense recognized for stock options
                                                                                          437,000 232,000 233,000 232,000 233,000 180,000 165,000 134,000 134,000 947,000 39,000 25,000 
          loss from continuing operations
                                                                                                      
          net cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                           235,000 -5,839,000 12,105,000 -5,026,000 -5,042,000 10,394,000 -1,633,000 -1,633,000 1,942,000 1,467,000 9,089,000 
          discontinued operations:
                                                                                                      
          loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
          decrease in assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
          increase in liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
          net cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
          investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                                   -4,500,000 -4,500,000 
          sale of marketable securities
                                                                                                      
          (issuance) receipt of notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          issuance of preferred stock
                                                                                                      
          contributions by minority interest shareholders
                                                                                                   475,000 1,760,000 1,028,000 
          issuance of treasury stock
                                                                                                      
          dividends on convertible preferred stock
                                                                                                   -400,000 -400,000 -400,000 
          net cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                           12,009,000 -21,687,000 35,858,000 -12,118,000 -9,119,000 -6,833,000 5,897,000 5,897,000 7,207,000 -703,000 5,963,000 
          issuance costs on preferred stock exchange
                                                                                                      
          issuance of common stock for purchase of land
                                                                                                      
          net loss
                                                                                            -13,146,000 -3,188,000 -1,876,000        
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                      
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                            618,000 1,962,000 454,000 565,000 377,000 404,000 404,000 912,000   
          accounts payable and accounts payable to and advances from related party
                                                                                            -9,061,000 -9,015,000 16,591,000        
          payment on note receivable from stockholder
                                                                                                 10,000 10,000    
          supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities related to the financial program:
                                                                                                      
          asset impairment
                                                                                                      
          accounts payable and accounts payable to related parties
                                                                                                      
          issuance of notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          sale of treasury stock – nicaragua joint venture
                                                                                                    4,000 2,609,000 
          payment on notes receivable from stockholder
                                                                                                     
          balance at august 31, 2003
                                                                                                 42,000     
          dividends on preferred stock
                                                                                                      
          cancellation of stockholders notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          common stock issued and stock compensation expense
                                                                                                      
          amortization of deferred compensation
                                                                                                      
          payment on notes receivable from stockholders
                                                                                                      
          issuance costs on series b preferred stock
                                                                                                      
          translation adjustment
                                                                                                      
          comprehensive loss
                                                                                                      
          balance at november 30, 2003
                                                                                                 42,000     
          (issuance) repayment of notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          proceeds from sale of real estate
                                                                                                      
          panama acquisition—repurchase of common stock
                                                                                                      
          repayment of notes receivable from stockholder
                                                                                                      
          repayment of notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          equity in losses of non-consolidated affiliate
                                                                                                     758,000 
          disbursement of notes receivable