Lowe’s is an American retailer with a home improvement store chain. The company was founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro , North Carolina . Headquartered in Moorsville , North Carolina . Today, the company serves more than 14 million customers a week, owning 1,616 thousand stores in the United States and Canada . The company is the second largest hardware store in the United States after The Home Depot , but ahead of Menards . [1] The company ranks 169th on the 2011 Fortune Global 500 list . [2]
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | |
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| Type of | Public company |
| Exchange listing | |
| Base | 1946 |
| Location | USA : Moorsville , North Carolina |
| Key figures | Robert Niblock ( CEO ) |
| Industry | Retail |
| Turnover | ▲ $ 48.815 billion ( 2010 ) |
| Net profit | ▲ $ 2.010 billion ( 2010 ) |
| Number of employees | 197,500 ( 2011 ) |
| Affiliated companies | |
| Site | www.lowes.com |
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- Wikimedia Commons has Lowe's related media files