For Immediate Release
November 19, 2009
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Media Contact:
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Maureen Rich
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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 DELTONA, FL
-- Employees Now Stocking More Than 40,000 Items --
-- Store tours available upon request --
WHO: Lowe’s of Deltona
WHEN: Friday, November 27, 2009
6 a.m., Lowe’s will open its doors to the public
Thursday, December 3, 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 Thursday, Dec.3, and Lowe’s will match purchases up to $5,000 to support the Southwest Volusia Habitat for Humanity’s next building project.
WHERE: Lowe's of Deltona #2364
2170 Howland Blvd.
Deltona, FL 32738
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.
STORE TOURS & MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
The media are invited to get a behind-the-scenes, advance tour of the new Lowe’s store. To schedule a media tour with the store manager, call Gerard Littlejohn at (704) 758-4337. For information about Lowe’s, call Maureen Rich at (704) 758-2298.
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.
