Lowe's News

Lowe's announced that it will enter its first two stores in Manhattan. The home improvement giant has two locations slated to open in the second half of 2015, one at 2008 Broadway at West 68th Street, and a second at 635 6th Avenue at West 19th Street. 

One of the ways Lowe’s says its competing in the price wars -- especially with Internet retailers -- is a merchant mind-set of “dead net pricing.”

Lowe’s sponsored a networking reception this week at the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas, giving the home improvement retailer a chance to showcase its new offerings in the “connected home” product category. The Jan. 8 event was in partnership with Parks Associates, an international research firm that hosts the annual Connections Summit at CES.

Mooresville, N.C.-based Lowe’s is telling investors and analysts that changes are in the works, a message it has delivered steadily over the last several quarters.

The future is now: Lowe's is leveraging virtual reality headsets in a partnership with Microsoft's HoloLens.

The City of Fort Worth, Texas, has announced that it will hold do-it-yourself help sessions for dealing with mosquitoes and the threat of West Nile virus at a number of Home Depot and Lowe’s locations.

Tarrant county residents can attend Saturday and Sunday classes at Lowe's or Home Depot on Aug. 25 and 26. (The weekend seminars began in early August.) Classes will focus on mosquito eradication and methods for eliminating nesting areas in and around homes, apartments or condos.

He will be tasked with creating a customer-centric approach to the company's category management strategy.