For Immediate Release
November 12, 2009
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Media Contact:
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Maureen Rich, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
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(704) 758-2298 or Maureen.A.Rich@lowes.com
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LOWE'S OPENING ITS DOORS IN VOORHEES, NJ
Employees stocking more than 40,000 items; Store tours available for media
WHEN: Friday, November 20, 2009
6 a.m., Lowe’s will open its doors to the public
Monday, November 23, 2009
· 10 a.m. Grand Opening festivities including Lowe’s Board Cutting ceremony
· Gift Card Match Day - Buy a Gift Card, Help Build a Home. Purchase a Lowe’s Gift Card on Monday, Nov. 23, and Lowe’s will match purchases up to $5,000 to support the Camden Habitat for Humanity’s next building project.
WHERE: Lowe's of Voorhees #2389
144 Route 73 North
Voorhees, NJ 08043
ABOUT THE STORE:
The home improvement store has 116,000 square feet of retail sales space, with an adjacent garden center, stocking 40,000 different items to help customers build, improve and beautify their homes. A store of this size represents an average investment in the community of approximately $18.5 million and creates up to 175 new jobs. The first New Jersey store opened in 1999 with 38 stores currently in the state.
STORE TOURS & MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
To schedule a sneak peek media tour, call Gerard Littlejohn at (704) 758-4337. For information about Lowe’s, call Maureen Rich at (704) 758-2298.
LOWE’S IN THE COMMUNITY
Lowe’s reaches out to the community through relationships with Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, United Way and the Home Safety Council. In addition, in 2008, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $25 million to support community and education projects in the United States and Canada. To date, Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has donated more than $638,000 in the state of New Jersey.
ABOUT LOWE’S:
With fiscal year 2008 sales of $48.2 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 14 million customers a week at more than 1,675 home improvement stores in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
