Lowe’s Looks To Shrink

Lowe's Looks To Shrink

Lowe’s recently told investors that it is scaling down the size of most new stores and is looking at smaller locations in rural areas in hopes to operate more efficiently. The goal of this size reduction is to help cut Lowe’s capital outlay costs by almost $2 million per store.

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Executives explained at the company’s annual analyst and investor conference that new stores in their mid- to large-sized markets will be about 19,000 square feet smaller (making them about 103,000 square feet) than many of its current locations.

“As we go forward, we can better match the right store with the right market,” Lowe’s President Larry Stone says.

Lowe’s is currently testing a 66,000-square-foot store in rural North Carolina that features streamlined product selection and a drive-thru lumber yard.

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Deborah Weinswig, an investment analyst, says the new compact stores could produce higher returns for Lowe’s. For 2008, Lowe’s originally planned to open 140 stores, but reduced that number to 120.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:

Why dont they carry more organic products. I have been using a natural and organic product called bionatural blooming blossoms for a few years and they have given more 5 times return on my money. It costs very less, helped me grow good looking plants in my nursery that my customers grabbed it paying more money for it. I spent less and made more with no chemicals what else you can expect in todays world.

Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:

They do sell Bonnie Vegetable plants in the peat pots that really seem to give the plant a great start. The plants make the most tomatoes that I have ever grown. I also found an organic fertilizer at another store that has the bonnie name on it that is extremely cost effective.