Lowe's Lowe’s Innovation Labs introduces retail service robots to help customers navigate stores more efficiently, and access information to complete home improvement projects.
The EPA fined the Lowe's Home Center $500,000 for lead dust violations by its remodelers and contractors. It agreed to train contractors at 1,700 home improvement stores.
Above-average sales of millwork, kitchen cabinetry and appliances drove Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) net earnings up 15.6% to $624 million for the quarter ended May 2. Lumber and building materials sales were below average due to weather.
Lowe's $500,000 EPA lead dust abatement penalty reminds remodelers they must be certified to handle interior work on older homes. It was the wood industry's most-viewed story this week.
Lowe’s Home Centers agreed to company-wide lead abatement training for its remodeling contractors and will pay a record $500,000 civil penalty, largest ever for violating the federal Lead Renovation, Repair & Painting Rule.
The home remodeling market will reach $144.7 billion in first quarter 2014, according to the Harvard Housing Studies Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA). Remodeling totaled $140 billion in the 4th quarter 2013.
Lowe's rolls out Porch.com, a data-driven home improvement professional finder. Rival Home Depot acquired the RedBeacon service a year ago, as the big-box retailers face off against Angie's List, Houzz and other sites for influence in consumer remodeling decisions.
Porch.com, a data driven home improvement network, coming to Lowe’s stores across the United States, beginning in North and South Carolina and the Seattle area