Lowe's

Introduction The Home Depot of Canada is one of Canada’s largest home improvement retailers with over 27,000 employees (MarketLine Company Profile, 2016) and recorded revenues of over 66 billion dollars in 2010 (MarketLine Industry, 2013). The Home Depot is a titan of industry in the retail market and continues to grow today. HD Canada offers many lines of products and services to meet the budget and the needs of customers all across Canada. HD Canada is also a large presence in the communities…

Where else would you find a customer driven workplace? Where their focus is to be number one in the nation for exceptional customer service. Look no further then The Home Depot (HD) the nation largest home improvement retailer. Carrying a whole array of assortment of building material, Lawn and garden supply. In reference to the article "How the Home Depot Makes Money", the HD strive to make shopping more enjoyable. The Home Depot originated from "Arthur Blank, and Bernie Marcus, in the year…

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1. Categories of Service When The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, it began changing consumers’ perspectives, which is about how they could improve and care for their homes. In the past, The Home Depot created the “do-it-yourself” concept, spawning an entire industry that now spans the globe. Their customers have traditionally been the "do-it-yourself" homeowners. Nowadays, their customers want The Home Depot to actually complete the work for them. The Home Depot…

The Home Depot mission has the vision, and ethical framework, to be a major contributor to all of many causes above. Two of their values are giving back to our community and doing the right things. On the website doing the right things is quoted a, "doing the right thing" instead of just "doing things right".(Home 2016) They continually do above and beyond works in the community by helping with building project that donating equipment to help build and repairs homes and shelters in many low…

Home Depot strives to stay ahead of the competition by building numerous, large warehouse type stores in lucrative locations and employing skilled staff to service its customers. The company utilizes a state of the art reordering system, which maintains a favorably high rate of inventory turns. Since its inception Home Depot goal is to be the largest supplier of home building supplies. Home Depot offers do-it-for-me installation programs that include products such as carpeting, flooring,…

Lowe’s has a positive outlook when looking at the balance sheet and income statement. This is due to growing net profits coming from increasing revenue. This could be from increasing the number of stores, and the push to create more value for the customer. The debt to asset ratio has grown due to the expansion that has taken place in the fiscal year. This has put the firm in a position where they are leveraged to a degree that is greater than they have been in at least the last 3 years. This…

Lowe’s (LOW) Is Set to Raise Dividend, but Wait for a Price Correction Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) is set make a big dividend increase next month, underpinned by its potential to generate a sustainable growth in its revenue and earnings. Lowe’s is a solid pick for dividend investors considering its long dividend growth history and the strategy to return increasing cash to investors. The company has paid quarterly dividend each quarter since 1961 and has raised dividends over the last 54 straight years,…

Currently, Lowe’s is experiencing performance deficiencies due to employees particularly new hires are not sufficiently trained on products and services offered. There is improvement needed in up-selling and cross-selling products. As a result, sales and profits are lost due to missed opportunities. Product knowledge guarantees professionals can convey successfully and energetically, building trust and confidence in customer relationship (Product know...,2017). Not having the proper skill set…

In addition to legally mandated benefits, Lowe’s also offers employees a broad range of additional, voluntary benefits. Some benefits are essential for attracting high-quality staff while others provide cost-saving benefits to employees to encourage staff retention (Lowe’s Companies Inc, 2015b). As essential benefits, Lowe’s offers paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave to all employees. Vacation benefits range from ten vacation days for new, full-time employees to twenty vacation days for…