I shopped at Lowe's and Home Depot for plants and outdoor essentials. The winner earned my loyalty all summer long.

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I found a lot of what I was looking for while shopping at Lowe's.

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Wild $300K Lego Heist Foiled by Retail Task Force

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Legos are everywhere these days, including criminal enterprises. Earlier in the week, California’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce performed a series of raids against an illegal fencing operation spread across four buildings in LA and Orange counties.

Lowe's average customer is a white baby boomer who spent $809 there last year

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Lowe's shoppers tends to skew more rural than their more urban counterparts at Home Depot.

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Some shoppers are spending big money on 'craft ice' fridges and high-tech washing machines, Lowe's exec says

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Appliances for sale at Lowe's.
Appliances for sale at Lowe's.

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Start Your Holiday Shopping Early With These Festive Fandom Finds

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Christmas is starting now—well, maybe that actually happened a couple weeks ago, as it wiped out most Halloween sections well before October 31.

Lowe's, BJ's, Ikea, and other retailers are using robots to clean up, track inventory, and police parking lots – taking the burden off human workers

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7-Eleven has tested robot deliveries.

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Lowe's is testing 400-pound, egg-shaped autonomous robots to patrol parking lots at some of its stores

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Lowe's is testing Knightscope autonomous security robots.

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Viral TikTok of Lowe's employee screaming for help prompts debate among current and former workers about safety training at the home-improvement chain

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A viral TikTok has prompted a debate among Lowe's workers about the company's safety training.

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Target says cuts to workers are off-limits as it hunts for up to $3 billion in savings

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Target says it won't cut its investments in its team.

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Lowe's employee resigns after viral TikTok shows him screaming for help while retrieving a large box, family member says

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A TikTok video showed an employee struggling to retrieve a large box from a high shelf.

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