8217;s has created many programs to aid the community through Lowe’s home safety council program. This organization is designed to increase safety awareness in day-to-day life for people of all ages. The companies concerns are not only focused on that of the community, but Lowe’s is concerned about the well being of its customers and most importantly its employees. As you can see Lowe’s has managed to focus on the needs of all those that they effect to make life a little easier for all. Bottom line when all said and done Lowe’s is Improving Home Improvement. (http://www.lowes.com) iiTable of ContentsTitle PageiExecutive Summary iiTable of Contents iiiI.Introduction1II.Company OverviewIII. Company OrganizationIV. Company ProductsV.Financial HighlightsVI.InnovationVII.SummaryVIII.References iiiIntroductionIntroductionLowe’s Companies, Inc. is the fourteenth largest retailer in America, and overall the world’s second largest home improvement retailer. They are the 108th ranked corporation on the Fortune 500 top corporations list. With an impressive in store stock of 40,000 home improvement items on hand, ranging from lumber to Home dcor items, plus an additional 400,000 home improvement items available through a special order program. Lowe’s provides a onetime stop for all home improvement needs, for both the Do-It-Yourselfer, and the ever-expanding market of the Commercial Business Customer.Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is averaging the opening of about two stores per week. This is part of an unprecedented two billion dollar store expansion, which is the most aggressive expansion in the company’s fifty-five year history; thus, magnifying Lowe’s locality and customer convenience in the United Sates home improvement marketplace. Lowe’s new superstores are currently the largest in the home improvement marketplace, averaging a retail space of about 150,000 square feet. ...
