UPDATE: Allen writes to say, “The issue between Lowe’s, their attorney and I was settled amicably and in a timely manner…” He couldn’t say more, but his website has been taken down.
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Lowe's Removes Your Carpet, Disappears For A Month
By 8.29.07
Rebecca was sick of her old wall-to-wall carpet and hired Lowe’s to remove the old stuff and install some new laminate flooring and some new carpet as well.
What Retail Slump? Target And Lowe's Are Doing Just Fine
By 8.21.07
Target and Lowe’s cheered everyone up by announcing that they’re doing just fine in the “tough selling market” that Home Depot was so worried about.
Lowe's Makes "Katrina Cottages" Available Nationwide
By 7.19.07
The small cottages designed to replace FEMA trailers after Hurricane Katrina are popular, so popular that Lowe’s has decided to offer them in their stores.
By 7.16.07
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Get a 10%-off Lowe’s coupon. [Lowesmoving.com]
Walmart Gives Up: No Stores For New York City
By 3.28.07
Frustrated by a bruising, and so far unsuccessful battle to open its first discount store in the nation’s largest city, Wal-Mart’s chief executive said yesterday, “I don’t care if we are ever here.”
UPDATE: Lowes Steals Money From Old Lady's House, Threaten To Sue Her For Slander
By 3.27.07
Remember that old lady who hired Lowes contractors to work on her house, only for them to steal $295 in cash hidden in her bedroom? And when she complained, the store manager threatened to sue her for slander? After we ran her story, a Lowes PR rep contacted us to get in touch with the complainant.
Lowes Steals Money From Old Lady's House, Threatens To Sue Her For Slander
By 2.26.07
Subcontractors working for Lowes stole money hidden in a reader’s elderly mother’s bedroom. When the mother complained, Lowes threatened to sue her for slander.
Customer Satisfaction At All Time High
By 2.20.07
University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) increased to an overall 74.9 score out of 100 in the fourth quarter of 2006, its highest level since the survey first started in 1994. That’s a gain of almost 2 percent from the previous year and a 0.7 increase from the previous quarter.
So who is winning and who is losing?
Study Shows Slight Preference For Lowe’s Over Home Depot
By 11.13.06
Reuters tells that a “June poll of 1,000 U.S. homeowners by marketing firm Consumer Specialists found that 51 percent of respondents preferred to shop at Lowe’s, compared with 49 percent for industry leader Home Depot.
Lowe’s Makes Us Feel Small
By 4.12.06
A clutch of fixup supplies spilling out our arms, we stumbled into the Lowe’s bathroom fixtures area. We asked for casters of one of the red vested employees, where would we find them? He looked up lazily and, with no small amount of disdain, said, “This is bathroom fixtures.”
What to Do When Retailers Want Your Unlisted Number?
By 12.9.05
This is exactly the sort of question we love being asked, despite the fact we don’t personally know the answer. We suspect one of you probably do.
