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Founded in 1946, Lowe’s has grown from a small hardware store in North Carolina to the second largest home improvement retailer worldwide and the 7th largest retailer in the U.S. The Lowe's story began in North Carolina when H. Carl Buchan, part owner of the North Wilkesboro Hardware Company, envisioned creating a chain of hardware stores. The company went public in 1961, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1979 (NYSE: LOW).
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In 1982, Lowe’s had its first billion-dollar sales year, earning a record profit of $25 million. The modern Lowe’s began in 1994, when our new store expansion consisted of only large stores, which we define as stores with greater than 85,000 square feet of selling space. Expansion continues as Lowe's opens a new store on average every week with our 117,000-square-foot (117K) stores in the nation’s larger metro markets and our newer 94,000-square-foot (94K) stores in the nation’s small to mid-sized markets. Lowe's opened its first stores in Canada in December 2007 and opened its first stores in Mexico in February 2010.
Lowe's has been helping our customers improve the places they call home for more than 60 years. Lowe's operates more than 1,700 stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 2009, Lowe's earned several notable industry distinctions, including:
- Ranked 42 on the FORTUNE® 500
- First winner of the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award in Retail
Contact Info:
Please call: 704-757-9210.
Lowe's Public Relations
1000 Lowe's Boulevard
Mooresville, NC 28117
704-757-9210
704-757-0611 (fax)
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