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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:28 AM Original message |
Lowe's closes stores, slashes new store plan |
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AzWorker (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is a new low... |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. NO demand, no jobs, Whatever happened to all those supply side economists? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. because supply doesn't create demand |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. +1 n/t |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. The problem with Lowes is |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Not my experience. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. The only time I had trouble at Lowes was in the paint dept.--they don't always |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. I never had trouble finding help there. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. That's been true in my experience. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm surprised they're still in business. 10 years ago I was saying they weren't going to last. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. When carpenters are out of work you don't sell much lumber |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Less supply. The sawmills only order lumber the think they can sell. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is recovery? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No, this was bad management decisions. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Why so blue? They're still saying they're going to open 10-15 new stores a year. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. The stores that are effected are.... |
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milwaukeelib33 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Wow! That Brown Deer, WI store |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yep. That's usually the way the cookie crumbles. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. If Lowes wants to improve their business, how about |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They never told me that. I actually ask them for help picking through dozens of 2x4s looking for a |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. My hubby has the same problem |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. it can all warp, even if it is straight in the store |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I don't go to Lowes for lumber, though--it's more for "pretty" things. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. I always go to Lowe's before HD, but frequently |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. For me it's the other way around most of the time. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Yes, me too. Lowe's is almost directly across the street |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. I bought appliances at Lowe's last year, but for most home improvement stuff |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Menards rocks. Pretty much everything that went into renovating our old house |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. As I mentioned upthread |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. I Like Lowes - vs Home Depot |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Frank Blake? I think that you have the previous CEO in mind. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. This Guy - Founder Ken Langone |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Ken's definitely in the 1%. The CEO, less so. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. But Home Depot supports teh gays |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. I figured this was coming |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. I've done a $75,000 in business with Lowe's vs. about $10,000 with Home Depot because Lowe's had |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. That's true especially in home appliances. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. There's no connection between Jimmy Johnson's crash and Lowe's closing stores |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. When so many people don't have homes to improve, something's got to give. |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lowe's statement and list of locations closed |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I can't figure why they had a store in Los Banos to begin with. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. Not my experience at all! |
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