As consumers become more tech savvy and connected than ever before, retailers like Lowe’s are offering smart home products to meet evolving consumer needs. To help integrate these products and connected systems into customers’ everyday lives, Lowe’s has launched a store-within-a-store smart home concept inside …
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Craftsman Products Coming to Lowe’s in 2018
Craftsman products will be available in Lowe’s stores and on the retailer’s website in the second half of 2018, the big-box home improvement retailer reports. “With the introduction of Craftsman, customers will have access to some of the highest quality, innovative …
Read More »Lowe’s, Home Depot Open Warehouses in Hurricane-Affected Houston
Big-box home improvement retailers Lowe’s and The Home Depot each recently opened warehouses in the Houston area to help meet demand for building materials following Hurricane Harvey, reports the Houston Chronicle. According to the newspaper, Lowe’s signed a lease on a 244,000-square-foot …
Read More »Lowe’s New Supply Chain Exec Comes From Omnichannel Retailer
Lowe’s announced the addition of Michael West as its senior vice president of supply chain field operations, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. West joined the home improvement retailer from his previous post at Neiman Marcus, a high-end omnichannel department store. …
Read More »Lowe’s to Increase Workers’ Hours to Keep Q2 Momentum
In its second-quarter financial results released Wednesday, Lowe’s announced that it will increase “customer-facing hours” to continue its upward trend in comparable store sales, according to the company. “Lowe’s hopes to ride the wave of stronger shopper traffic with the investment …
Read More »Lowe’s Canada Launches New Solar Energy Partnership
Lowe’s Canada, Solar Brokers Canada and its affiliate Green Lion Eco Group have announced the formation of Lowe’s Solar, a new partnership that aims to provide customers with solar energy education and installation services throughout Ontario, Canada, the company reports. …
Read More »Lowe’s Layoffs Hit Another Department — Delivery
Lowe’s is continuing to reduce its U.S. staff, confirming Aug. 3 layoffs of “an undisclosed number of delivery workers nationwide” and the outsourcing of their work, The Charlotte Observer reports. Lowe’s, which is headquartered near Charlotte in Mooreseville, North Carolina, told the Charlotte newspaper that the latest …
Read More »Lowe’s Launches DIY Home Improvement Training Program
Lowe’s recently launched a program called The UpSkill Project that trains consumers on the skills they need to complete DIY home improvement projects, the company reports. The program will send Lowe’s employees to 40 communities in the U.S. to teach nearly 200 consumers the …
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