I visited Lowe's and Home Depot to see which home-improvement chain had the better selection of plants, outdoor furniture, and summer essentials.
Lowe's typical customer is a white woman who earns about $60,000 a year, shops nine times per year, and spends $90 per transaction.
Most US consumers are dialing back and bargain-hunting, but Lowe's execs say other shoppers are trading up to $2,500+ fridges and washing machines.
When it comes to shopping for outdoor Halloween decorations, Home Depot and Lowe's are the top two stores you'll want to visit.
TikTok videos about Home Depot have billions of views on the app. One TikToker shares the best places in the store to actually meet someone new.
Lowe's announced this week a "one-stop shop concept" to attract more rural customers to its stores, selling farm, ranch, and outdoor products.
Lowe's offered a four-day work week for hourly employees starting in August 2022 after myriad workers complained of a "chaotic" scheduling system.
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly popular in retail, with stores like Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Giant trying out autonomous robot helpers.
The video shows a Lowe's employee screaming for help, struggling to retrieve a box from a high shelf. The clip had amassed 3.7 million TikTok views.
Lowe's told Insider that the company is testing these large autonomous robots at some of its locations "to continue to drive safety in our stores."
Some Lowe's workers applaud the company's safety-training practices; others say they get "lost in translation" when it comes to day-to-day work.
Target, battling a slowdown in sales growth, is looking for ways to spend less while still investing in what it calls "the best team in retail."
A TikTok video with more than 2.7 million views shows a Lowe's worker screaming and being pinned by a large box while carrying it down a lift.
Customers wait an average of a minute and 45 seconds for locked merchandise to be retrieved, and nearly a third just turn to Amazon to get it instead.
Lowe's plan to bring its advertising business in-house will include pitching brands on moving TV budgets to e-commerce.
The Lowe's "Build a Birthday" party will allow kids to build their own projects while eating pizza and being supervised by a Lowe's employee.
Home Depot is targeted at professionals, while Lowe's aims for DIYers.
CEOs at giants like Amazon and Lowe's raked in huge pay raises while frontline employees barely scraped by — thanks to your tax dollars.
The study found that while these companies shelled out $800 billion on stock buybacks, they only spent $27 million on wage raises for workers.
Petco pet products, grooming, and vaccination services will soon be offered in certain Lowe's stores.