And she had better fall in love with someone equally wealthy because from next spring wedding and engagement rings will suddenly cost a whole lot more. Booming worldwide demand for gold and diamonds, combined with the decline of the dollar, in which both gold and diamonds are priced, are ...
and Canada, which was a headwind for the quarter of approximately 4 basis points. Investing in our employees remains a key part of our strategy, and we will continue to focus on driving top-line sales and improving productivity to mitigate the incremental costs. Central was higher by 3 basis...
Moving down the income statement to membership fee income, we reported membership fee income of $1.123 billion, an increase of $79 million or 7.6% year over year. Membership fee income growth was 8% excluding FX. In terms of renewal rates, at Q3 end, our U.S. and Canada renewal r...