By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: January 11,2013
DAVIDSON — The town of Davidson is accepting bids for a $76,000 pedestrian bridge it wants built across a pond at the entrance to its downtown, a town spokeswoman said. The town has given the green light to the bridge, which will be partially funded with $25,000 from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, a nonprofit [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: May 24,2012
Lowe’s Cos.’ first-quarter profit climbed 14 percent, as warmer weather helped boost sales. But the company lowered its full-year earnings forecast Monday, saying it is still cautious on the housing market and economic conditions.
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: July 8,2011
Already skeptical of SouthPark Mall, a big, new complex built in the middle of pastureland, residents weren’t happy when they learned that Charlotte developer Johnny Harris planned to build offices and retail shops around it. It was the early 1970s, and Harris, then a partner at The Bissell Cos., said his family had sold the [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 28,2011
Organic Plant Health founders Billy Styles and Alan Talbert said they are trying to get their company’s products into Mooresville-based home improvement retailer Lowe’s stores. OPH is based in Charlotte. Styles and Talbert said they met with Lowe’s representatives last week as part of Lowe’s annual vendor line review process. “The line review is only the first step [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 31,2011
Charlotte inventors aren’t the only ones who have figured out how to get major retailers with headquarters in the area to buy their products. Local companies have done it, too. Mooresville-based home improvement juggernaut Lowe’s also carries items manufactured and produced by companies in Mecklenburg County. “Since the 1940s we’ve sold our drywall products to [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 31,2011
Inventors in Charlotte might struggle to find innovation. But once that inspiration strikes, they might think they can just take their products to the national chains that have headquarters in the area and get their wares on the shelf. Indeed, Family Dollar Stores is based in Matthews and Lowe’s Cos. has headquarters in Mooresville. And, [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 16,2011
Lowe’s Cos. this morning reported lower first-quarter earnings compared with the same period last year. The Mooresville-based home improvement retailer said it had net income of $461 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, down 6 percent from $489 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. Lowe’s said sales for [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 13,2011
Nexxus Lighting said it had a lower net loss in the first quarter than the same quarter last year. The Charlotte-based company said it had a $1.33 million net loss, or 8 cents a share, down from a net loss of $2.5 million, or 15 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2010. Revenue [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 15,2011
Lowe’s Cos. today said it will add more than 275 jobs this year at its customer-support center in Wilkesboro, bringing the total number of jobs at the center to nearly 1,000. The Mooresville-based home improvement retailer said the number of workers in the Wilkes County center has grown from about 350 employees in January 2010 to more than [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 16,2010
Two major Charlotte-area companies — home improvement retailer Lowe’s and drywall supplier National Gypsum — have been caught up in the Chinese drywall controversy. The drywall has been blamed for a host of problems cited by homeowners, from breathing difficulties and corroded wiring to damaged air conditioners and an odor of rotten eggs. Both companies [...]
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