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Costco Tops Caliber’s 2026 U.S. Trust & Like Poll Amid Financial Anxiety
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 11, 2026--Caliber, a stakeholder intelligence platform that helps organizations build and protect trust, released its annual U.S. Fortune 30 reputation ranking, with Costco, The Home Depot, and UPS named as the most trusted and liked companies in the U.S. In a year defined by rising costs and AI anxiety, these companies outpaced last year’s top-ranked Amazon among the country's largest publicly traded companies.
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