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Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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Lowe's Companies, Inc. is an American home improvement retailer headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, tracing its roots to a hardware store opened in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina in 1921 by Lucius S. Lowe and grown into a chain by his son-in-law Carl Buchan after World War II. It operates a large network of warehouse-format home improvement stores across the United States and Canada, selling building materials, appliances, tools and home decor, and is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the country after Home Depot.

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Company Type
Public Company 1
Founded Year
1921 1
Headquarters
Mooresville, North Carolina 1
Connections

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A major retail company; classified in the atlas retail-industry.

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1. Lowe's - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, founded
    1921
  • Infobox, type
    Public
  • Infobox, hq_location
    Mooresville, North Carolina
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