• About Our Stores & Our Employees
• Financial and Investor Facts
• Social Responsibility
About Our Stores & Our Employees
• More than 1,745 stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico
• Plans to open approximately 10 stores in 2012
• Approximately 234,000 employees
• 16 product categories ranging from appliances and tools, to paint, lumber and nursery products
• Cleaner, wider, brighter aisles offer a more pleasant shopping experience
• Carries the world’s leading brands such as Kichler lighting, Porter-Cable tools, John Deere lawn tractors, Whirlpool and Samsung appliances and Valspar paint
• 40,000 products in stock
• More than 250,000 items available online at Lowes.com
• More than 500,000 products available by Special Order
• 10% Everyday Low Price Guarantee
• 15 million customers each week
Financial and Investor Facts
• $50.2 billion in sales for fiscal 2011
• $1.8 billion in earnings for fiscal 2011
• Ranked No. 50 on the FORTUNE® 500 list
Social Responsibility
• Lowe’s and Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation contributed more than $32 million in 2011
• National partner of Habitat for Humanity, underwriter of Habitat’s Women Build program
• Lowe's Heroes participated in more than 1,400 projects in 2011
• Since 2006, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education® has contributed more than $30 million to 6,000 K-12 schools
• First winner of the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award in Retail
• Ranked No. 8 among retailers on EPA’s Green Power Partner list
• Winner of three consecutive WaterSense® awards