Lowe's Companies, Inc.
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Lowe's Companies, Inc. Company Profile

No longer a low-profile company, Lowe's Companies has evolved from a regional hardware store operator into a nationwide chain of home improvement superstores bent on international expansion. The #2 US home improvement chain (after The Home Depot), Lowe's has about 1,715 superstores in 50 states and some 40 locations in Canada and Mexico, as well as an e-commerce site. Its stores sell some 40,000 products for do-it-yourselfers and professionals for home improvement and repair projects, such as lumber, paint, plumbing and electrical supplies, tools, and gardening products, as well as appliances, lighting, and furniture. Lowe's is the second-largest US home appliance retailer after Sears.