Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)

1000 Lowe's Blvd.
Mooresville, NC 28117 (Map)
Phone: 704-758-1000
Fax: 704-758-4766
http://www.lowes.com

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Overview

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 1,700 superstores in 50 states and more than 25 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.

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Key financials for Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)

Company Type Public (NYSE: LOW)
Fiscal Year-End January
2011 Sales (mil.) £30,782.7
1-Year Sales Growth 3.4%
2011 Net Income (mil.) £1,267.5
1-Year Net Income Growth 12.7%
2011 Employees 234,000
1-Year Employee Growth (2.1%)
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Key people and executives for Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)

Chairman and CEO Robert A. Niblock
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EVP and CFO Robert F. (Bob) Hull Jr.
EVP and CIO Michael K. (Mike) Brown
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